According to a breaking news report, around 30 adolescents -- some of them girls aged as young as 11 -- have been abducted in northeast Nigeria by suspected Boko Haram rebels.
"The insurgents... grabbed young people, boys and girls, from our region," said Alhaji Shettima Maina, who is in charge of the Mafa village around 50 kilometres (30 miles) east of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state.
"They took all boys aged 13 and over... and all girls aged 11 and more. According to our information, 30 young people were abducted in the last two days."
Another village elder, Mallam Ashiekh Mustapha, confirmed the account. Both men said 17 people were also killed in recent days in a Boko Haram attack on the nearby village of Ndongo. Boko Haram, which has been waging a bloody insurgency since 2009, has been responsible for waves of attacks and abductions.
In April, the Islamist rebel group snatched more than 200 schoolgirls from Chibok in northeast Nigeria, triggering an international outcry. Kidnapping young women and girls -- as well as forcibly conscripting young men and boys to fight for Boko Haram -- is a well-established tactic by the militants. Some estimates put the number of women held by the group in the high hundreds. Most are believed to be forced into marriages with rebels.
The latest kidnapping comes despite the Nigerian government declaring a truce with the insurgents and the army retaking control of Abadam in the north-east on Saturday, according to a senior security official in the region. But local chief Maina said his village and areas around it were targeted in nearly daily raids by Boko Haram, and many residents have fled to Maiduguri "for fear of being killed or losing their children". He said he had pleaded for help from the Nigerian government but that so far none had been forthcoming.
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Posted: at 26-10-2014 09:39 PM (10 years ago) | Addicted Hero
odprince at 27-10-2014 04:31 AM (10 years ago) (m)
the only thing that Nigerians have gain from the Hausa's is what we are hearing today as boko haram,,,they have been killing the igbos since 1960,,today God have open it to people to see that the Igbos whom they think are fools,that God is always with them,,boko haram,,,,you people should stop abducting small kids and go after Buhari,sanusi,atiku,el rufai,ibb them and others...stop adbuct those poor kids..make money when you adbuct buhari
Posted: at 27-10-2014 04:31 AM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac
what are people still doing in those areas are there no place for government to send them to,plse fedral government need to do some thing fast in those areas in other to stop Boko Haram insurgences atctivities in the north while they talk.
Posted: at 27-10-2014 09:44 AM (10 years ago) | Newbie
palmeridus at 27-10-2014 09:45 AM (10 years ago) (m)
i want to bring attention of the public to the fact that this issue of kidnapped was a scam, how can you think Boko haram could set free Woman they did not held captive at the first place, no girl was kidnapped at the first place they are still trying to organize some girls and train them so that they can pretend that they are the victims so far they have not found any or they are still busy selecting them
Posted: at 27-10-2014 09:45 AM (10 years ago) | Newbie
RITUALIST, so you don reach here dey look for potential prey. [/quote]
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Posted: at 27-10-2014 02:41 PM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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