Nigeria 's army has declared three people,
including a journalist, wanted for allegedly
concealing information on more than 200 girls
abducted from their school in Chibok in April
2014, a spokesman said Monday.
Colonel Sani Usman told AFP that local
journalist Ahmad Salkida had been in contact
with the Islamists, as had Ahmed Bolori and
Aisha Wakil.
" There is no doubt that these individuals have
links with Boko Haram terrorists and have
contacts with them, " he said.
" They must therefore come forward and tell us
where the group is keeping the Chibok girls and
other abducted persons to enable us to rescue
them. "
Usman said the military would work with other
security agencies to bring in the suspects " if
they fail to turn up".
He added that authorities also want to talk to
the suspects over a recent video released by
Boko Haram on the girls.
Salkida is said to have high-level contacts
among the group's leaders and is believed to
have been involved in failed talks between Boko
Haram and the government of former president
Goodluck Jonathan .
On Sunday, Boko Haram released a video of the
Chibok girls, showing some who are still alive
and claiming that others died in air strikes.
The video was the latest release from Boko
Haram's embattled leader Abubakar Shekau,
who this month denied claims that he has been
replaced as the leader of the jihadist group.
The video demanded the release of Boko Haram
fighters held by the government in exchange for
the kidnapped schoolgirls. The government said
it was studying the footage.
The mass kidnapping of the schoolgirls from the
town of Chibok provoked global outrage and
brought unprecedented attention to Boko Haram
and its bl**dy quest to create an Islamic state
in Nigeria's mainly-Muslim north.
Throughout last year the military announced the
rescue of hundreds of people, most of them
women and children, who have been kidnapped
by the Islamists.
But the missing schoolgirls were not among
them, despite several unconfirmed sightings.
Boko Haram's seven-year insurgency has left
some 20,000 people dead and forced at least
2.6 million others to flee their homes.