An
unidentified mother cries out during a demonstration with others who
have daughters among the kidnapped school girls of government secondary
school Chibok, Tuesday April 29, 2014, in Abuja, Nigeria.
16 women have been abducted by Boko Haram gunmen in the Adamawa state in northeast Nigeria reports.
“We received report of the kidnap of 14 women and two girls by gunmen
believed to be Boko Haram insurgents near Sabon Garin Madagali
village…. We have sent search teams to the area and have notified the
military who have also deployed personnel for search and rescue
operation in the bush to free the hostages.” Said said Adamawa state
police spokesperson Othman Abubakar.
The women were taken hostage while fetching firewood and fishing at a
nearby river under the escort of two civilian vigilantes working with
the Nigerian army in fight against Boko Haram.
The alarm was raised by two women managed to escape by pretending to have drowned in the river.
Boko haram has kidnapped thousands of women and girls including the
200 school girls from the town of Borno according to Human Rights
groups. The seven year unsurgency is believed to have left more than 17
000 people dead. Over 2.6 million people have fled their homes due to
the violence , some have returned as Nigerian army began fight against
the insurgents.
“Since people returned to their homes we have been experiencing
attacks by Boko Haram despite claims that security has been restored…
The abduction shows that more security needs to be deployed to protect
the people from attacks and abductions.” Said Adamu Kamale,
representative of the area in Nigeria’s lower chamber parliament