Boko Haram Abducts Family Of 6 In Borno

SIX members of a family, mostly women and chil­dren, have been identified as victims of the November 28 Boko Haram abduction in Bam-Buratai, a remote Borno community .
Suspected insurgents at­tacked Bam-Buratai, near the home of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen Tu­kur Buratai in Biu local government, killing some residents in the incident. Reports also claimed scores of girls were kidnapped by the insurgents who invaded the community at about 10 p.m., shooting sporadically.
However, the Borno State Government, in quick reaction constituted a 7-member fact-finding committee to unearth the abduction claim as widely reported in the media within three days.
The committee, led by member representing Biu State Constituency in Borno House of Assembly, Aliyu Kachalla, said it as­certained that an investiga­tion launched by the state government discovered that family members of one of the villagers, named Pidigum Mohammed Pin­dar were those abducted. “They include Mrs. Gambo Pidigum and Mrs. Hamsatu Pidigum, the first and sec­ond wives respectively,” the committee said in a report obtained by newsmen in Maiduguri.
Those discovered to have been abducted, according to the committee, were chil­dren of the Pidigum fam­ily.
They are: Hauwa’u Pi­digum, “an 8 years old Pri­mary 3 schoolgirl, Abdul­lahi Pidigum, 2 years 6 months old boy, Ummi Pidigum, a year and 6 months old girl and Rabi Pidigum, a 6-month-old girl.
“There is no informa­tion about the whereabouts of the abducted members as at the time of compiling the report.
Meanwhile, President Muhammadu Buhari has commended the military for reducing terrorism acts and other insecurity chal­lenges in Nigeria, adding that insecurity threat will soon be a thing of the past.
President Buhari, who was represented by the Chief of Defence Staff, General Abayomi Gabriel Olonishakin made the statement at the opening ceremony of 2015 Chief of Army Staff annual confer­ence (COAS) held at Dutse the Jigawa State capital.
Buhari also said the Army must intensify its current efforts and develop new strategies that would address the current secu­rity challenges facing the country and ensure total eradication of insurgents in the country.




SOURCE:SUN NEWS