Pulka community in the northeast Nigeria experienced a deadly attack by the Boko Haram Islamists where they abducted 22 girls and women in two separate raids in northeastern part of Nigeria, residents and vigilantes told AFP Friday. In the first attack on Thursday, the jihadists raided the village of Pulka that is close to border with Cameroon where they kidnapped 18 girls
According to Pulka community leader when addressing AFP on phone;
“Boko Haram fighters from Mamman Nur camp arrived in pickup vans around 6:00 am and seized 14 young girls aged 17 and below while residents fled into the bush,” “They picked four other girls who were fleeing the raid they came across in the bush outside the village,” said the community leader who asked not to be named for fear of reprisals.
According to the official, the attackers were loyal to the faction headed by Abu Musab Al-Barnawi, the son of Boko Haram founder Mohammed Yusuf. Barnawi who was appointed last year by the Islamic State group to replace leader Abubakar Shekau, who had pledged allegiance to the Middle East jihadist group in 2015.
Another resident from the community confirmed the raid and said the girls were likely to end up as brides for the fighters.
“They didn’t harm anyone during the raid and they made no attempt to shoot people running away from the village,” said the resident.
According to Adamu Ahmed a member of anti- boko haram militia In the second incident the jihadists killed a herdsman outside the village of Dumba close to lake chad who had tried to escape after refusing to pay protection money,
“When the Boko Haram gunmen came for the money they realised he had left with everything and they decided to go after him on their motorcycles,” Ahmed said. “They caught up with him near Dumba where they slaughtered him and shot dead 50 of his cattle. “They took four women from the man’s family and the rest of the herd,” he said.
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