--- description: In a recent interview, the singer offered herself to free the girls, because she is more "experienced" title: Nigerian Singer Adokiye Kyrian Offers Virginity to Boko Haram for Missing Girls image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt31cf96e56c78e1f1/69868f19cd68485040094a15/boko-haram-girls.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Nigeria](/tag/nigeria/) ## Nigeria Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Nigerian Pop Star Offers Her Virginity to Boko Haram for Kidnapped Girls by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 26, 2014 6:57 PM CUT  Kidnapped schoolgirls are seen at an unknown location in this still image taken from an undated video released by Boko Haram. Kidnapped schoolgirls are seen at an unknown location in this still image taken from an undated video released by Boko Haram.Reuters by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 26, 2014 6:57 PM CUT A Nigerian pop singer told the country’s [_Vanguard_ newspaper](http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/06/let-boko-haram-deflower-release-chibok-girls-adokiye/ "undefined") that she would offer up her virginity to the Islamist group Boko Haram in exchange for the safe return of about 300 girls who were kidnapped about two months ago in the Nigerian town of Chibok. “I wish I could offer myself in exchange,” said up-and-coming pop singer Adokiye Kyrian. “They are between 12 and 15 year old girls for Christ sake. I am older and more experienced. Even if 10 to 12 men have to take me every night, I don’t care. Just release these girls and let them go back to their parents,” the singer reportedly said. After news broke of the girls’ disappearance, an [international social media campaign](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCgQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftime.com%2F90693%2Fbringbackourgirls-nigeria-boko-haram%2F&ei=D16sU8DuAZTKsATE7oCgCQ&usg=AFQjCNFYCwV4X%5FiatGMZyG2UoI2qXPcRRQ&sig2=QtHpjK1X0zmV3PjAZ35FdA&bvm=bv.69837884,d.cWc "undefined") under the hashtag #BringBackOurGirls spread globally, in an attempt to bring attention to the young women’s mass kidnapping. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2928386/nigerian-pop-star-offers-her-virginity-to-boko-haram-for-kidnapped-girls/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2928386/nigerian-pop-star-offers-her-virginity-to-boko-haram-for-kidnapped-girls/"},"headline":"Nigerian Pop Star Offers Her Virginity to Boko Haram for Kidnapped Girls","datePublished":"2014-06-26T18:57:31.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:39:20.537Z","description":"In a recent interview, the singer offered herself to free the girls, because she is more \"experienced\"","url":"https://time.com/2928386/nigerian-pop-star-offers-her-virginity-to-boko-haram-for-kidnapped-girls/","keywords":["Nigeria","Boko Haram"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt31cf96e56c78e1f1/69868f19cd68485040094a15/boko-haram-girls.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt31cf96e56c78e1f1/69868f19cd68485040094a15/boko-haram-girls.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Kidnapped schoolgirls are seen at an unknown location in this still image taken from an undated video released by Boko Haram","caption":"Kidnapped schoolgirls are seen at an unknown location in this still image taken from an undated video released by Boko Haram","creditText":"Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/nigeria/","name":"Nigeria"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2928386/nigerian-pop-star-offers-her-virginity-to-boko-haram-for-kidnapped-girls/","name":"Nigerian Pop Star Offers Her Virginity to Boko Haram for Kidnapped Girls"}}]}] ```