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Boko-Haram terrorists have renewed their devilish attacks on armless citizens of Borno State, Northeast Nigeria, especially women and young girls, abducting them in the process.
Suspected Boko Haram terrorists have kidnapped over 100 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Borno State, Northeast Nigeria.
SaharaReporters learnt that the IDPs were kidnapped in Gamboru Ngala, near the Nigerian border with the Republic of Chad.
They were kidnapped while fetching firewood in a bush on Sunday, according to residents of the area.
“On Sunday some displaced persons went to fetch firewood, but they were kidnapped by Boko Haram – about 100 of them, male and female.
“But the terrorists selected the able-bodied (ones) amongst them and freed the children and the elderly,” a source who spoke on condition of anonymity said.
This comes a few days after the state governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, boasted that 95 percent of fighters with Boko Haram ideology had either been killed or surrendered to Nigerian troops.
In the past ten years, Boko Haram terrorists have killed thousands of people and forced millions of others out of their homes.
According to a security source, the victims – scores of girls and women – went to fetch firewood from the bush when the insurgents whisked them away from the Babban Sansani camp, Zulum Camp and Arabic camp.
The source said the number of women and girls kidnapped could be higher as the specific number of the abducted girls has yet to be ascertained.
Both Boko Haram and ISWAP remain active in the region, and the battle against the groups has left at least 35,000 people dead and driven more than 2 million others from their homes in Borno state alone.
It’s common for people to venture outside the many IDP camps in northern Nigeria to search for firewood, both to sell and for personal use.
The terrorists also set ablaze an unspecified number of shelters in GDSSS IDP camp Shuwari in Mafa LGA as well as three houses, livestock and properties worth millions of naira in Ajari town of Damboa LGA.
The fire incident occurred on Monday in the two locations although no casualty was recorded.
Another Civilian Joint Task Force member confirmed to Channels Television that the terrorists stormed a remote village in Gajibo shooting sporadically and burning more than 25 newly built houses meant for IDPs in Dikwa LGA.
The CJTF member stated that the terrorists planted many improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in the ongoing construction site in Gajibo to frustrate the rebuilding of the displaced community.
When contacted, a police spokesman in Borno State, Nahum Daso, said the Police Command is not allowed to speak on the incident except for the military who are in charge of operations in the Northeast.
Efforts to reach the acting spokesman of Operation Hadin Kai, Captain Reuben Kovangiya, proved abortive as his phone was not reachable./PLEASE NSHARE
