Boko Haram steps up its capturing of sex slaves with the abduction of 20 more girls

BOKO Haram have stepped up its campaign to keep abducting young females as part of a plan to provide sex slaves with its fighters with the recent kidnapping of 20 young women from a nomadic settlement in Borno State.

 

Nearly two months ago, the terrorist sect abducted about 234 schoolgirls from Government Girls Secondary School Chibok in Borno State on April 14. It recently returned to the area and seized 20 young women who have been whisked off to an unknown location in a manner similar to what happened to the Chibok schoolgirls.

 

According to eyewitness reports, the Fulani women were taken after the assailants attacked a settlement known as Garkin Fulani. After the raid, they ordered the women into their vehicles at gunpoint and drove them off to an unknown location.

 

Alhaji Tar, a member of the Vigilante Group of Nigeria, said: “We got the information that they went there and took away the women at the time none of the males were present. The three young men they met there could not help the women, as the gunmen also ordered the three of them to enter the Hilux vans and took all of them away.”

 

Meanwhile, military commanders have claimed that troops from the Seventh Division of the Nigerian Army, killed over 50 Boko Haram terrorists in Bita village of Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State over the weekend. According to the Nigerian high command, the terrorists were on their way to attack some villages in Borno and Adamawa States when they were attacked.

 

Major General Chris Olukolade, the director of defence information, said: “Troops conducting anti-terrorists campaign in northeastern Nigeria have successfully averted attempted raids on villages in Borno and Adamawa States over the weekend. The terrorists, who were on their way to attack selected communities, were ambushed by troops along Bilta, Borno State, after they received intelligence reports of their intentions.

 

“Over 50 terrorists died in the fierce encounter that ensued, while 30 rifles, 36 hand grenades, seven machine guns and 11 rocket-propelled grenade tubes were captured by the troops. Also recovered from the terrorists were over 3,500 rounds of ammunition, six smoke grenade canisters, locally fabricated guns and four vehicles."

 

He added that the attack was launched as the terrorists filed out of the forest to embark on their mission at about 10pm on Saturday. According to Major General Olukolade, four soldiers were injured in the operation and are currently receiving medical treatment at a military facility.

Courtesy Nigerian News watch....