{{Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram says it carried out the abduction of hundreds of schoolgirls in April.}}<\/p>\n
About 230 girls are still believed to be missing, prompting widespread criticism of the Nigerian government.<\/p>\n
“I abducted your girls,” Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau said in a video obtained by media.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, a woman who helped organise protests over the abduction has been detained, her fellow community leaders say.<\/p>\n
Naomi Mutah took part in a meeting on Sunday called by the president’s wife, Patience Jonathan. Shortly afterwards, she was taken to a police station.<\/p>\n
A presidency source quoted by reporters said Ms Mutah had been detained for allegedly and falsely claiming to be the mother of one of the missing girls.<\/p>\n
But one of her fellow protesters told Reporters Ms Mutah was calling on the authorities to “bring back our daughters” in the broader sense of “daughters of Nigeria”.<\/p>\n
“They are so clueless,” Lawan Abana said.<\/p>\n
The girls were abducted on 14 March from their school in Chibok, in the northern state of Borno.<\/p>\n
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