Ethnic Fulani herders received the demand from local farmers after the women were seized near the town of Chibok,about 622km northeast of the Nigerian capital, Abuja, said Abba Aji Khalil, chairman of a vigilante group in Borno state. The june 8 Kidnappings came two months after the abduction of more than 200 schoolgirls by the Boko Haram Islamist group from a school in Chibok "The terrorists were able to pass across the informationsom local farmers who in turn passed the message to some" Fulani herdmen' he said. "The Fulani herdsmen told some of our members that they are not ready to release their cattle to the Boko Haram members as they are not sure" that a swap will happen, he said