The Governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima, revealed on December 24, 2013, Tuesday that some women kidnapped by the Boko Haram sect in Bama have escaped from their abductors.
“Two or three women were kidnapped and luckily they escaped.
“So is not true that Boko Haram is holding unto women and kids,” the Governor said.
Mr. Shettima stated this while speaking to journalists in Abuja after meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan.
Responding to questions on the claim that the barrack is now deserted, Mr. Shettima said:
“It is not true. I am the man on ground and I can tell you authoritatively what is happening.
“Women and children normally during crisis are moved to safer locations but the soldiers are on ground, they are right now in Bama and are doing their job very well”.
The Governor also commended the Federal Government for the current efforts to deal with the insurgency.
“The Federal Government is doing its best. I’m just her to brief Mr. President of what transpired in Bama; I believe that very soon this issue will be frontally addressed and it will be a thing of the past.”
The military had on Monday announced that it destroyed over 20 vehicles transporting the suspected terrorists who carried out the Friday attack, killed at least 50 Boko Haram members.
It would be recalled that a group of Boko Haram insurgents assaulted the Mohammed Kur Barracks in Bama, about 40 kilometres outside Maiduguri, killing several people and taking hostages, including women and children, in the early hours of December 20, 2013, Friday.
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