Terrorists abduct hundreds of female IDPs, three escape in Borno

In news reports, Boko Haram insurgents have reportedly abducted dozens of female Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Ngala, the headquarters of Gambarou Ngala in Borno State, a local source said. A security source also confirmed the abduction but said, “What we heard is around 113” were abducted. However, a source from the Babban Sansani IDPs camp, said that the incident happened last Sunday when the women went to fetch firewood in the bush for domestic and commercial purposes. “They were surrounded by the insurgents in Bula kunte bush in the western part of Ngala town. They freed the old-aged and entered the bush with 319 abled young girls and some young boys. “But three of the girls who escaped and returned to Ngala said the boys (insurgents) took them to a bush close to Bukar-mairam village in Chad republic. They escaped in the dead of night after the insurgents fell asleep, trekking for two days before they arrived in Ngala. Most of the IDP girls abducted were from Babban Sansani camp and the rest from Zulum and Arabic camps. They went to the bush to fetch firewood for sale because the food we were getting from the camp was not enough to feed us. Life is so difficult here.”