Despite the purported ceasefire, Sixty women were reportedly abducted by suspected members of the deadly Boko Haram sect at Waga Mangoro and Garta villages, both in Adamawa State during a fresh attack.
Whilst 40 women were said to have been abducted from Waga Mangoro, 20 were forcibly uprooted from theirhomes in Garta.
One of the locals in Garta, Tizhe Kwada, who escaped by a whisker, told Thisday
“The insurgents are still in the area. They slit the throats of three men in Garta and abducted many young women. We also heard from residents of Waga that they killed two men and took 40 women away,”
Ahmadu, a resident in Waga Mangoro, also confirmed that the insurgents invaded his community, whichborders Gwoza in Borno State. He said the insurgents used the abducted ladies as human shields during reprisals by Nigerian troops.
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