More than 60 women and girls
abducted last month by suspected Boko Haram militants in northeast Nigeria have
escaped their captors, sources said Sunday. Local vigilante Abbas
Gava said he had “received an alert from my colleagues … that about 63 of the
abducted women and girls had made it back home” late Friday.
Gava, a senior official
of the local vigilantes in Borno State who are working closely with security
officials, told journalists the women escaped when their captors went out to
fight.
“They took the bold step
when their abductors moved out to carry out an operation,” he said.
Clashes took place between the Islamists and the army late Friday after an attack by the insurgents in the town of Damboa, where more than 50 of them were killed, the army had said.
Clashes took place between the Islamists and the army late Friday after an attack by the insurgents in the town of Damboa, where more than 50 of them were killed, the army had said.
Spokesmen for the armed
forces or the government could not be reached Sunday for comment.
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