16 Women, Girl Abducted By Boko Haram In Adamawa

According to recent reports, 16 female residents
of Adamawa State were abducted Wednesday,
March 23, 2016 by suspected Boko Haram
militants.
The Nigerian Police force and local officials have
confirmed the abduction. 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.
A local source said two women managed to
escape the abductors by pretending to have
drowned, ”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”.
He said two vigilante operatives who escorted the
women to the bush fled on sighting the heavily
armed men, who arrived in good numbers.
The Police Public Relations Officer of Adamawa,
Othman Abubakar, said on learning about the
development, the command deployed officers to
the affected area.