Colonel Sani Usman told AFP that local journalist Ahmad
Salkida had been in contact with the Islamists, as had Ahmed Bolori and Aisha
Wakil.
"There is no doubt that these individuals have links
with Boko Haram terrorists and have contacts with them," he said.
"They must therefore come forward and tell us where the
group is keeping the Chibok girls and other abducted persons to enable us to
rescue them."
Usman said the military would work with other security
agencies to bring in the suspects "if they fail to turn up".
He added that authorities also want to talk to the suspects
over a recent video released by Boko Haram on the girls.
Salkida is said to have high-level contacts among the
group's leaders and is believed to have been involved in failed talks between
Boko Haram and the government of former president Goodluck Jonathan.
On Sunday, Boko Haram released a video of the Chibok girls,
showing some who are still alive and claiming that others died in air strikes.
The video was the latest release from Boko Haram's embattled
leader Abubakar Shekau, who this month denied claims that he has been replaced
as the leader of the jihadist group.
The video demanded the release of Boko Haram fighters held
by the government in exchange for the kidnapped schoolgirls. The government
said it was studying the footage.
The mass kidnapping of the schoolgirls from the town of
Chibok provoked global outrage and brought unprecedented attention to Boko
Haram and its bloody quest to create an Islamic state in Nigeria's
mainly-Muslim north.
By AFP 
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