There were indications on Thursday that
members of the terrorist Islamic sect, Boko Haram, might have abducted
about 100 young men from Doron Baga, a community in Borno State.
There were fears also that the abducted young men were being forcefully conscripted by the insurgents.
Punch reports that the
victims were seized from Doron Baga during an attack, on Sunday, on the
village, where at least 10 persons were allegedly killed.
A source, who spoke to journalists in
Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, said the insurgents attacked the
town on Sunday evening and took away some boys and young men.
It is believed that the abducted males might have been forcefully conscripted into terror activities of the insurgents.
Some of those that fled the area said in
Maiduguri on Thursday that they had to flee the area because of the
constant attack by insurgents.
One of them, Halima Alhaji Adamu, said
six members of Hadejia community in Doron Baga were killed and about 100
young men were abducted on Sunday when the members of Boko Haram
attacked the community, displacing many, most of whom had taken refuge
in some parts of Borno and Yobe states.
The young woman, who spoke at a popular
motor park in Maiduguri, said she was heading to Gashua in Yobe State
with the surviving members of her family.
She said that she also lost her husband
in the attack. She claimed that the insurgents were believed to have
abducted the young men in order to forcefully conscript them.
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