Boko Haram Abducts 40 Women in Adamawa after Ceasefire Agreement

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Shortly after militants of Boko Haram reached a cease-fire deal with the FG, they attacked the village of Wagga in Adamawa state and...

Shortly after militants of Boko Haram reached a cease-fire deal with the FG, they attacked the village of Wagga in Adamawa state and abducted 40 women on Saturday.

One of the eye witnesses, Enoch Mark, whose daughter and niece are among the 219 school girls who have been held by Boko Haram since mid-April, after they were captured from Chibok Girls Secondary School in Chibok, Borno state was one of the people who spoke on the fresh abductions.
According to PMnews, since Friday, when Nigeria’s most senior military officer, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh announced the ceasefire with the insurgents, Boko Haram has only observed it in the breach, by stepping up attacks on Nigerian communities. In addition, officers in the operational areas said they are yet to receive details of the seize fire and all they have heard is from the media.

A senior officer told reporters, “Honestly, we are yet to receive any operational order on the cease-fire. As such, we are battle-ready and would confront the terrorists if we see them,” Another senior intelligence official in the region also indicated to AFP that he had not received word about the purported ceasefire.

On Sunday evening, troops from the seventh Division of the Nigerian Army fought dozens of suspected members of Boko Haram in the town of Damboa in Borno state, witnesses and security sources said.

One of the locals, Bilyaminu Aliyu added“The fight was tough and it seems the insurgents wanted to destroy everything in Sabon Gida. They came around 5:00 pm (1600 GMT) and by 6:00 pm, the fight was over,” Boko Haram took over Damboa, which is about 90 kilometres (56 miles) southwest of the Borno state capital Maiduguri, in July, destroying much of the town, and forcing thousands to flee.

This ceasefire agree is a decoy, to make Nigerian army retreat so they have more chance to perpetuate their act. For a proper ceasefire, they should give up their weapons. If actually they have ceasefire the weapon would be useless to them.

Source: Today

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