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Gripping nigerians for a while, even over the weekend we heard former nigerian international football player posted on his facebook that the boko haram should take him. hes a 51-year-old guy who used to play for the super eagles. he said, please, it is important that she, leah, be released. >> you mention elections, and this was an election issue before. the president focused on cracking down on boko haram in the north part of the country. so the question, given another incident, one that the wo...

The nigerian president issued a tweet about five days ago in which he said he spoke to leahs mom and reiterated the governments determination to bring leah back home safely. he said he would do everything to bring them back. now, of course its election year, campaigning time in nigerian for massive elections in february for 2019. and the issue of security in the northeast is hugely important to president buhari and important they bring leah back. we hear from the local press in nigeria leah turn...

They are behind the scenes, george, all kind of negotiations going on with the militants. we know that money has exchanged hands. they demanded the release of some of their fighters captured by the nigerian government. leah must not be used as some sort of political football in this campaigning. that her release is different twashds the political campaigns that are going on right now. and it is very important now to see what the government can do or whether this month has promised to be her deat...

Not met. the 15-year-old was abducted with more than 100 school girls in february. most were released after four weeks, but leah was held back after reportedly refusing to renounce her christian faith. the deadline has been issued. what more are you hearing from authorities about their efforts to try to save this young girl? >> reporter: well, you know, george, the nigerian authorities, the federal government of nigerian has had this war, this battle with the islamic insurgency of boko haram a v...