Boko also demands release of its fighters for return of abducted Nigerian schoolgirls . Boko Haram has won before and Nigeria has conceded at least once . A raid on a prison last year killed inmates , and Boko Haram took about a dozen hostages . Zenn said `` Shekau wants all Boko Haram prisoners freed because they because they will have renewed loyalty to him , and him alone '' after internal rifts in 2012 and 2013 . Nigeria demands wives and children of the Haram members in return for the hostages .
Boko also demands release of its fighters for return of abducted Nigerian schoolgirls . Boko Haram has won before and Nigeria has conceded at least once . A raid on a prison last year killed inmates , and Boko Haram took about a dozen hostages . Nigeria demands wives and children of the Haram members in return for the hostages .