Gunmen suspected to be members of the dreaded Boko Haram/ISWAP sect have on Thursday reported to have kidnapped a total of 22 School girls in Kurebe community in Rafi local government area of Niger State, Nigeria.
The Gunmen were said to have stormed the community in commando style and whisked the girls between 14 and 17 years purportedly to marry them.
According to DAILY POST, before the abduction, the suspected sect members had informed the community to withdraw the girls from school as they (gunmen) would be coming for them.
A source of the community who craved anonymous while confirming the incident, expressed shock over the development saying ”They actually carried out their threat without any resistance or any security check”.
The source further disclosed that the group leader simply known as Malam Sadiku has been freely preaching weird Islamic ideology for several months in the area, despite reporting the development to relevant authorities with no action taken.