President Goodluck Jonathan rules out swapping Boko Haram prisoners with Kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls.

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President Goodluck has ruled out freeing Boko Haram prisoners in exchange for the release of more than 200 kidnapped schoolgirls.

A government minister had earlier said authorities were ready to negotiate with Boko Haram, but President Goodluck Jonathan insisted on Wednesday that this was out of the question.

"He made it very clear that there will be no negotiation with Boko Haram that involves a swap of abducted schoolgirls for prisoners," said British Africa Minister Mark Simmonds after meeting Mr Jonathan in the capital, Abuja, to discuss an international rescue mission for the girls.

The kidnapping in Borno state on 14 April has caused international outrage, and foreign teams of experts are in Nigeria to assist the security forces in tracking them down.