The whereabouts of close to 100 kidnapped Nigerian students remain a mystery after a report claiming the girls had been recovered was denied by school officials this Thursday.

"Up till now we are still waiting and praying for the safe return of the students ... the security people, especially the vigilantes and the well-meaning volunteers of Gwoza are still out searching for them. The military people, too, are in the bush searching," said Principal Asame Kwambura to the Associated Press.

Military spokesperson and director of defense information, Maj. Gen. Chris Olukolade, originally reported on Wednesday that all but eight of the girls had been found, as he was allegedly told by Principal Kwambura. However, Kwambura has denied making these claims.

"Let it be clear that all the information passed on to the media by the military concerning 107 girls is not true," said Kwambura.

According to the Associated Press, only 14 of the girls had been accounted for, with some them managing to escape from their captors.

The families of the abducted denounced the military's false claims.

"We have been in grief for the past four days over the kidnap of our daughters and hoping the military would rescue them, but to our greatest shock and disbelief the same military has resorted to blatant propaganda, claiming all but eight of our girls have been freed," said father Lawan Zanna. "This is a blatant lie."

While it is has been determined who was responsible for the kidnapping, the Islamic terrorist organization Boko Haram remain the prime suspects. The group has been known to take young girls into forced marriages.

Boko Haram -- whose name means "Western education is sin" -- has been terrorizing the public Nigeria's north region for some time. The attacks have come almost daily, with the extremists killing 75 people at bus station in the nation's capital earlier this week. The group seeks to impose Sharia law on the country, which is divided evenly between Muslims in the north and Christians in the south.

Many groups have publicly denounced the actions of Boko Haram, including the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and UNICEF. British Foreign Secretary William Hague offered his support. "We stand ready to provide assistance to help the Nigerian government ensure that these children can be returned to their families in safety, and to bring to justice those responsible" for the "cowardly act," said Hague, as quoted by CNN.