ISWAP Kidnap Teenage Girls For Borno

Members of Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP) don abduct some female teenagers for Askira-Uba local government area of Borno State. Di Deputy Speaker of Borno State House of Assembly, Abdullahi Askira, confirm di matter to newsmen, talk say di victims dey for dia farmland for Mussa district when di attackers carry dem go. According to am, di girls wey dem kidnap dey between 15 and 20 years old and na 13 of dem waka go harvest crops before ISWAP hold dem.

Abdullahi, wey represent Askira-Uba constituency, explain say Huyim and Mussa be farming communities for di area, but government don relocate residents of Huyim go Mussa because security no dey. E talk say na for dis same Mussa farming area di girls dey work before di assailants take dem away. Di Deputy Speaker talk say di victims dey among people wey government relocate go di relatively peaceful community of Mussa to fit earn dia livelihood through joint community farming. E reveal say one of di girls manage escape and dem don reunite am with her family on Sunday morning. But di other 12 victims, mostly between 15 and 20 years old, still dey for di custody of di abductors, and di whereabouts of di kidnappers remain unknown. E add say authorities still dey monitor di situation as tension rise for di area.