Boko Haram Abducts 20, Kills 1 In Fresh Borno Attack

No fewer than 20 onion farmers including women and children have been abducted by Boko Haram terrorists in Konduga local government area of Borno State.

Credible intelligence sources said the incident occurred at Malari, a village in Konduga in the early hours of Friday.

The source added that most of the victims were working as labourers on the farm.

“Over 20 onion farmers, including women and children, who went out daily to work on the farm to earn a living were abducted by the Boko Haram terrorists. One person who resisted the abduction was killed by the terrorists,” the source said.

It would be recalled that in a similar incident in the same community, eight farmers were abducted.
Sources, including eyewitnesses said the attackers arrived at the roadside farmland on motorcycles around midnight and took the farmers away.