No fewer than 20 women have been reportedly kidnapped by gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram members near Chibok in Borno State. According to Bloomberg, a United States-based news agency, and The Guardian of London, the 20 women were whisked away after the gunmen attacked a nomadic settlement known as Garkin Fulani during the weekend.
The papers quoted one Alhaji Tar, a member of the Vigilante Group of Nigeria, as saying that the women were captured into waiting vehicles at gunpoint and took off to an unknown location.
“We got information that they went there and took away the women at the time none of the males were there,” Tar said in the reports by the two news sources on Monday.
“The three young men they met there could not help the women, as they (gunmen) also ordered the three of them to enter the Toyota Hilux vans and took all of them away,” Tar added.
However, the Borno State Police Commissioner, Lawan Tanko has dismissed the report, saying that the incident did not occur as reported.
He said, “I believe there is no truth in the attack as I just spoke to my divisional police officer in Chibok. He should have informed me of the abduction if there was any.”
Also, the Chairman of Chibok Local Government Area, Baana Lawan, said, “When I saw the report online, I despatched some vigilance group members and hunters to the scene. They came back and told me that the place was never attacked and that no one was abducted.”
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