Sahara Reporters is reporting that Boko Haram
militants may have kidnapped 18 female soldiers in
Baga in Borno State. Report below...
Two sources told SaharaReporters that, out
of 26 female soldiers posted to the military
base of the Multinational Joint Task Force,
only eight have so far been accounted for.
The commander of the troops in the area,
Colonel Kuti, has also not been found since
the insurgents attacked the town on
Saturday. Residents of Baga told our
reporters that Boko Haram insurgents
invaded their town and killed at least 55
people, including soldiers attached to MNJTF.
Both residents and security sources said the
insurgent attack lasted close to 18 hours
before the Islamist terrorists overpowered
the troops and seized the military base. One
military source said the attack took them by
surprise. He said the troops made a gallant
effort to repel the attack, but that
hundreds of Islamist militants stormed the
military base with high-caliber weapons. A
resident revealed that the invading
insurgents also burnt down parts of the
fishing town. Bukar Kaka, a fisherman who
fled from the town, said no fewer than 50
villagers, including five soldiers, were killed
while others sustained wounds in the attacks.
He said he saw soldiers fleeing.
A security source said the insurgent invaders
also stormed other neighboring communities,
shooting indiscriminately at people.
He added
that the militants also destroyed hundreds
of houses and shops, often using fuel and
other explosive devices.
In an interview with the British Broadcasting
Corporation (BBC), Senator Maina Ma’aji
Lawan confirmed the insurgents’ attack on
Baga and surrounding towns. He added that
military troops and youth volunteers,
popularly known as ‘civilian JTF, had
attempted to repel the onslaught, but were
overpowered by the invaders.
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