Boko Haram on Friday released a video which it claimed to be of some academics of the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) who were abducted alongside staff of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).
In the video sent to Channels TV but which has not been independently verified, three men who said they were in the employ of the University of Maiduguri, appealed to the government for help.
Two of the men said they were lecturers in the Geology Department of the University and gave their names as Yusuf Ibrahim and Dr Solomon N. Yusuf.
The third man identified himself as Haruna, adding that he was a driver with the university.
They also said they were part of the oil exploration team ambushed by Boko Haram on Tuesday (July 25), adding that the video was recorded today, July 28, 2017.
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