Nigeria's Boko Haram crisis: Dozens of women feared abducted in Gamboru Ngala
Source: BBC
Nigeria's Boko Haram crisis: Dozens of women feared abducted in Gamboru Ngala
6 March 2024
By Mansur Abubakar
BBC News, Kano
Dozens of displaced people are feared to have been abducted by Boko Haram jihadists in north-eastern Nigeria.
The victims were mostly women who lived in a camp in Gamboru Ngala town after fleeing their homes because of attacks by the insurgents, locals said.
The abductions occurred when the group went to collect firewood to cook or sell, they added.
Reports of the number of people kidnapped vary wildly, from nearly 50 to more than 300.
The largest mass abduction by Boko Haram occurred when more than 270 schoolgirls were seized from their dormitory in Chibok town, also in north-eastern Borno state, in 2014.
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