According to agency, the spokesman for a splinter group of Boko Haram claimed his group was negotiating the release of the British and Italian hostages and had reached an agreement with their families that excluded government involvement. However, a senior government source in London on Sunday denied there was any such plan, saying the rescue operation had been the best option.
Online agency in December released a video in which gunmen threatened to kill one of the hostages if their demands were not met. The spokesman added that the family of the Italian hostage had entered the negotiations in which both families had been provided with evidence that the hostages were still alive.
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