Six members of a family were abducted by Boko Haram members during a
raid on Bam_Buratai village, the ancestral home of the Chief of Army
Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai on November 28th. The insurgents had
stormed the village at about 10pm on the said night, shooting
sporadically and abducting some people including many young girls.
An investigation into the alleged kidnapping led to
the constitution of a 7-member fact-finding committee by the Borno state
government. The committee led by member representing Biu State
Constituency in Borno House of Assembly, Aliyu Kachallain, discovered
that six members from the family of Pidigum Mohammed Pindar were those
abducted.
“They include Mrs. Gambo Pidigum and Mrs. Hamsatu Pidigum, the first and
second wives respectively, Hauwa’u Pidigum, an 8 years old Primary 3
schoolgirl, Abdullahi Pidigum, 2 years 6 months old boy, Ummi Pidigum,
a year and 6 months old girl and Rabi Pidigum, a 6-month-old girl.
There is no information about the whereabouts of the abducted members
as at the time of compiling the report"the committee said in a report
made available to newsmen today
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Boko Haram abducts 6 members of a family in Borno
Description : Six members of a family were abducted by Boko Haram members during a raid on Bam_Buratai village, the ancestral home of the Chief of Arm...
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