Some Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) have been abducted by militants in a camp in Gamboru Ngala town, Borno State.
According to a report by BBC, this abduction occurred on Sunday but is just making it to the news because Gamboru Ngala is a remote area where jihadists have destroyed telecommunication infrastructure.
Although the number of abductees has not been confirmed yet, a resident of Gamboru Ngala told the BBC that about 113 people were abducted when they went to get firewood. He said the abductors allowed only the very young and very old to return.
“It was on Sunday that we got information that over 200 displaced people went to get firewood but unfortunately Boko Haram kidnapped them, allowing only the very young and very old to return,” the source told the BBC.
Other residents told the BBC that the abductees were mostly women who went out in groups to collect firewood for cooking or for selling.
The abduction was confirmed by Umar Mohammed, the chairman of the local government area the town is situated in. Umar Mohammed did not state the exact number of the abductees to the BBC.
No terrorist organisation has claimed responsibility for the abduction yet, but Shehu Mada, anti-jihadist militia leader in the area, blamed the abductions on Boko Haram, a notorious terrorist organisation infamous for abductions and bomb blasts in Borno and other states in northern Nigeria.
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