Boko Haram Strikes In Adamawa Again: 45 Girls Abducted In Madagali LG

Boko Haram insurgents have launched an attack on Waga Mongoro village where they abducted about 45 girls, local sources have disclosed.

Waga Mongoro village is sandwiched between Gwoza town of Borno State and Madagali town of Adamawa State.

The recent attack on seems to have sealed any hope of cessation of hostilities in the area despite an earlier ceasefire agreement reportedly entered into by the insurgents and federal government.

Sources in the area said the insurgents similarly burnt down the whole town after they carried off food items, animals and household utensils belonging to the residents.

Many of the residents who managed to escape the attack and run into the nearby bushes have refused to return to the town for fear of another attack by the insurgents.

A resident, who said he was speaking from hiding in a nearby bush, told correspondent that he was better off remaining in the bush than trying to go back to the village as most of their houses had been totally destroyed by the insurgents while their foodstuff, livestock and other belongings had been carried off by the rampaging insurgents, who might return to do more damage.

He said the insurgents stormed the town early Tuesday morning through the road leading to Sambisa Forest and returned through the same route after the onslaught.

“When they came into the town, they rounded up about 45 girls and uploaded them into some trucks they came with. They also carried off   foodstuff, household items and domestic animals before razing our houses,” he said.

Another displaced person from the area, who is currently taking refuge in Yola, the state capital, told correspondent that a relative of his, who is currently trapped in the bush, told him that he heard the insurgents disowning the ceasefire agreement the sect reportedly reached with the federal government, adding that the insurgents were insistent on foisting Sharia law on Nigerians.

“When they struck, we heard them chanting anti-government slogans to the effect that they were not party to any ceasefire agreement and that the government was on a mission to deceive the people,” my trapped relative told me.

When contacted via phone, the chairman of Madagali Local Government of Adamawa State, James Abawu Watharda, said he could neither confirm nor deny the report as he had since lost contact with the people of the area, adding that the areas had been deserted by the people for a long time.

 Source-Leadership