Boko Haram Abduct Women and Girls in Adamawa

At least 16 female residents of Adamawa State were abducted Wednesday by suspected Boko Haram militants, the police and local officials said.

Premium Times is reporting that a team of officers have been sent to the area to find the abducted girls.

Those abducted include 14 women and two girls. They were kidnapped in Sabongari Madagali, in Madagali Local Government of the state.

Local sources said some of the women were taken from a nearby bush where they went in search of firewood while others were seized from a nearby river while fishing.

Premium Times source said two women managed to escape the abductors by pretending to have drowned in the river.

“The two women who are in real state of trauma told us that the suspected Boko Haram insurgents had a field day carting away the women when their escorts ran away for their dear lives,” the source said.

He said two vigilante operatives who escorted the women to the bush fled on sighting the heavily armed insurgents.

“They left the women to their own devices as the gunmen were left unchallenged leading to the abduction of the said women,” the source said.

Confirming the incident, the member representing Michika/ Madagali Federal constituency, Adamu Kamale, said, “I just received the shocking news to the effect that about 16 women have been abducted by Boko Haram.

“We have been witnessing pockets of attacks contrary to the belief that security has been fully restored in the area. As a member of NASS( National Assembly), I have been calling for the deployment of security personnel but to no avail as the government seems to have relegated our concerns to the background”.