40 boys and young men were abducted and taken to the Sambisa forest on New Year eve by Boko Haram militants.
AFP news agency says the abducted all males aged between 10-23 years were from Malari village, Borno state,
The news of the abduction filtered out very late on Friday, when residents who fled the village arrived in the state capital Maiduguri, the AFP reported monitored by Naijalog correspondent noted.
“They came in pick-up trucks armed with guns and gathered all the men in the village outside the home of the village chief where they preached to us before singling out 40 of our boys and taking them away,” Bulama Muhammad, a resident of Malari village said.
“My two sons and three nephews were among those taken away by the Boko Haram gunmen and we believe they are going to use them as conscripts.”
Residents of a Alaramma Babagoni, a village which shares boundary with Malari, also fled their homes in anticipation of an attack on them.
“When we heard of the kidnap of 40 boys in Malari by Boko Haram we decided to leave because we could be the next target,” an Alaramma Babagoni resident said.
The Nigerian Army is yet to comment on the incident.
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