More than ten persons have been kidnapped by gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram insurgents in Borno state. The victims were taken from a passenger bus in Maiduguri heading towards Gwoza.
Though military sources say at least 10 men and women were abducted, vigilante sources gave the number as 20.
A relative of one of the kidnap victims, Isa Musa revealed that between 10 and 20 people were kidnapped by the insurgents.
“Boko Haram attacked a commercial vehicle and abducted some civilians over 10 men and women were abducted,” Musa said.
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He stressed that his “uncle was in the bus with some other passengers, men and women, about 20 of them, when the incident occurred.” The incident was confirmed by a soldier, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
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