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Sex Starved Gunmen Suspected To Be Boko Haram Abducts 22 Underaged Girls
Intercourse starved gunmen suspected Boko Haram insurgents on Thursday invaded a village in Shiroro Native Authorities Space of Niger State the place they kidnapped 22 underaged ladies.
It was gathered that the gunmen had given discover about their plan to comb the neighborhood for younger ladies that may assuage their amorous needs.
They informed the neighborhood chief to not panic as the ladies, aged 15 to 17 years, would solely be used for pressured marriages.
A neighborhood chief who sought anonymity stated they’d earlier knowledgeable them that the ladies must be withdrawn from the varsity as a result of they might come to marry them, including they had been stunned that the gunmen got here yesterday to select the ladies with none safety verify.
He stated that the group chief recognized as Malam Sadiku led a number of operations within the space, preaching bizarre Islamic ideology unhindered for a number of months.
“They function freely however once they determine a stranger locally, they often really feel threatened; they both plan for the kidnapping of the stranger or chase the particular person away; we reported a number of occasions to the authorities,” he stated.
It will likely be recalled that the Niger State governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello, had raised the alarm a number of occasions that an Islamic group akin to Boko Haram had hoist their flag in Kaure a village near Kurebe.
The chairman of Shiroro native authorities space, Suleiman Dauda Chukuba, had additionally raised the alarm over the actions of the group, calling for pressing motion.
Additionally on Wednesday evening, suspected bandits launched their first assault on a suburb of Minna, the state capital and kidnapped a patent drugs seller merely recognized as Sunday Anthony
It was learnt that the armed males particularly got here for the seller and picked him in his house at Maikunkele, Bosso native authorities space of Niger State.
Press Informant Friday learnt that the kidnapping of Anthony was the primary to be recorded across the state capital.
It was learnt that the bandits who got here via the thick forest of Kampala axis had been capturing randomly and went straight to the home to select solely the patent drugs seller in his home.
An eyewitness account revealed that the bandits’ operation lasted solely 10 minutes as they hurriedly picked Anthony about 9 pm, indicating that he was the goal.
When contacted the police public relations officer Niger state command, Wasiu Abiodun, couldn’t be reached for affirmation however a senior police officer who most well-liked anonymity confirmed the incident.
He stated police had been on the path of the abductors.
