No deal reached on girls' release: Nigeria security spokesman

October 18, 2014

Nigeria's chief security spokesman today said that there was no deal in place with Boko Haram for the release of more than 200 hostage schoolgirls after the presidency said an accord had been reached.

Asked if a deal for the release of the girls had been finalised, the head of the National Information Centre, Mike Omeri, said: "No. That part has not been agreed but we are inching closer and closer."