ISWAP abducts 3 in Mandaragirau Village in Borno

ISWAP abducts 3 in Mandaragirau Village in Borno

By: James Bwala

Reports from Mandaragirau Village in southern Borno revealed that fighters from the Islamic State for West African Province, ISWAP have abducted three people in the early hours of Saturday.

A resident who prefers anonymity told NEWSng that they did not know why the Islamic fighters picked on them. But they suspected this may be as a result of suspicious activity.

The three young men abducted are Yamta Usman, Hamidu Adamu Chiroma and Mustapha Adamu Chiroma also known as Lingi.

“We woke up to this shock. The last time this kind of episode happened here was when they went to the market and picked someone. But that one, we learnt that they suspected him to be an informant for the soldiers. 

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“For these young men we are suspecting that the ISWAP may be out to take young men to forcefully conscript them into their ranks. ISWAP recently has been recruiting young men from villages around the southern Borno axis.” He said.

Another resident told NEWSng that it was rather unbelievable to see happenings like this when the news making the rounds indicated that the military are dealing decisively with the ISwAP elements.

“If something like this will continue to happen in the face of the ongoing stories and promises, then we do not know who to trust or believe anymore. I was devastated to receive the message very early in the morning that ISWAP came to our village and took some young men with them.

“This is sad. We have not received any news regarding why they were taken. We are all praying for them to return safely. But I am equally afraid of this happening especially with such reports of abduction and current recruitment by the ISWAP. “He said

ISWAP abducts 3 in Mandaragirau Village in Borno