Politics and Society

’60 women abducted by Boko Haram’ in north-east Nigeria

In what is another signal that the purported ceasefire between Boko Haram and the Nigerian government has completely broken down, the insurgents are believed to have abducted 60 women in Adamawa state, north-east Nigeria

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10 years ago

October 25, 2014

Chiagozie Nwonwu

The abductions were said to have taken place in two villages, with 40 women forcefully taken from their homes in Waga Mangoro and 20 other from Grata village, Nigeria.

According to a Punch newspaper report, the insurgents, who have been in control of the area for about two months, went from house to house over the weekend picking up young women.

Abduction of women by Boko Haram is not uncommon in the troubled north-east. About 219 girls taken from a secondary school in neighbouring Borno state are still in captivity, over 6 months after their capture.