About 16 female residents of Adamawa State were yesterday
(Wedneday) abducted by suspected Boko Haram militants, the police and
local officials said. A team of officers had been deployed to the area
to search for the abducted persons.
It has been revealed that those abducted include 14 women and two
girls. They were seized in Sabongari Madagali, in Madagali Local
Government of the state, a federal lawmaker representing the area said.
Eyewitnesses revealed that some of the abducted women were taken from a
nearby bush where they went in search of firewood and others were seized
from a nearby river while fishing.
A 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,” the source said.
He said two vigilante operatives who escorted the women to the bush
fled on sighting the heavily armed men, who arrived good numbers.
“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”.
The Police Public Relations Officer of Adamawa, Othman Abubakar
confirmed the incident as his men work hard to find the abducted women.
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