Boko Haram: Terrorists Marry Off Abducted Girls, Release Old Women

The insurgents are said to have detained the young girls they abducted and have reportedly married some of them off to members of the sect. Boko Haram militants, who reportedly abducted about 60 female residents in Borno and Adamawa States, are said to have released the grown women among their captives. The insurgents are however said to have detained the young girls they abducted and have reportedly married some of them off to members of the sect. The development was disclosed by residents who spoke to journalists via telephone, Vanguard reports. The villagers however said that the exact number of the girls being held could not be determined but they were not less than 45. A relative of one of the freed women reportedly said: “Initially, the insurgents captured 80 girls and women whom they later loaded into their vans and zoomed off into the bushes.” “Later in the night, the insurgents separated the elderly women from the girls and released the women, who are now languishing in the forest because they could not relocate the towns because they were razed down by the insurgents.” “We are confused that hours after the so called cease fire agreement between the Federal Government and Boko Haram insurgents, our girls are still being abducted by the insurgents.” “We are at a loss about government’s insincerity on the whole issue and we urge them to rescue our daughters without further delay as we are ready to die searching for our missing ones.” The residents also alleged that the girls who weren’t married off were mandated to cook for the members of the sect. There have however been conflicting accounts of the abductions which reportedly took place in Waga Mangoro in Adamawa state as while some reports allege that 50 women and girls were kidnapped, yet others state that the actual number is 60.