According to Vanguard, the sect abducted about 30 young people, a local village chief told reporters on Sunday.
According to the local chief, Alhaji Shettima Maina, who is in charge of the Mafa village around 50 kilometres (30 miles) east of the city of Maiduguri said:
“The insurgents… grabbed young people, boys and girls, from our region”.
“They took all boys aged 13 and over… and all girls aged 11 and more. According to our information, 30 young people were abducted in the last two days.”
Confirming the local village chief, Shettima Maina’s claim was Mallam Ashiekh Mustapha who is also a village elder.
In recent times, Maiduguri has been one of the North-Eastern states been under several attacks by the dreaded Islamist group, Boko Haram.
The sect have continued to carry out their incessant attacks, killing countless innocent persons, displaced many from their homes and injured several others.
The Boko Haram sect are known for kidnapping and their victims in recent times have been young girls, women. It would be recalled the sect kidnapped over 200 schoolgirls from their hostel in Chibok, Borno state.
sources; vanguard, naij.com
posted by Maduka Tony