Spy plane ‘finds’ girls in Nigeria

Washington: Surveillance photos from US spy planes flying over Nigeria have revealed large groups of girls in remote locations — raising hopes they may be the schoolgirls abducted in April.

According to a report in The Wall Street Journal, US officials has said that a July surveillance flight over north-eastern Nigeria spotted a group of 60-70 girls being held in a remote field. Late last month, a second flight spotted a group of 40 girls in a different field.

The locations were abandoned by the time aircraft returned to confirm the sightings, the officials said.