Borno: Boko Haram abducts over 20 women, girls in Lassa

Borno: Boko Haram abducts over 20 women, girls in Lassa

Boko Haram last Wednesday abducted more than 20 women, most of them young girls, in Lassa, Borno State. A member of the community, Daniel... 02:49

Boko Haram last Wednesday abducted more than
20 women, most of them young girls, in Lassa,
Borno State.
A member of the community, Daniel Ibrahim, made
the disclosure to SaharaReporters.
“They [Boko Haram] abducted more than 20 girls
from our town and killed many people, mostly old
men and women,” said Mr. Ibrahim.
“They burnt almost half of the town before they
left. Those of us who were lucky fled, but they
massacred aged ones and younger men they could
catch,”
Mr. Ibrahim, who said he survived the attacks,
revealed that the Islamist fighters had been
advancing towards Lassa since late November, but
had met stiff resistance from determined local
fighters until Wednesday.
He said the Islamist insurgents attacked the town
last Wednesday in a wave of hundreds of fighters
with variety of heavy weaponry, including tanks
and explosives. They were finally able to
overwhelm the local opposition and then captured
the town.
According to him, the town fell to the insurgents
because the residents’ appeals to security
agencies to deploy more troops and to step up
land and air operations were ignored.
“That’s why the town is now in the hands of Boko
Haram,” he said.
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A senior military officer attached to the 7th
Division of the Nigerian Army based in Maiduguri,
the capital of Borno State, also confirmed to the
news site that the military was aware of the
development in Lassa.