Nigerian authorities Tuesday launched an investigation to find 22 girls and young women abducted by suspected members of Islamist extremist sect Boko Haram.
Gunmen in military uniforms on Monday kidnapped the girls and women in the village of Dikway, which is located near Chibok, the village from where Boko Haram kidnapped more than 200 teenagers on April 14.
Three villagers who tried to stop the kidnapping were also abducted, witnesses told local broadcaster Television Continental. “We are yet to get the complete picture of the event.
The report is being looked at and appropriate measures are being taken,” a government official told dpa on condition of anonymity. “[The insurgents] came on motorbikes and vehicles, carrying heavy weapons. Girls and women who had borne two or three children were singled out and taken away.
The elderly women are left alone,” said resident Shetu Dikwa. “They came in broad daylight and set ablaze the local secretariat and many houses,” Dikwa added. Despite international efforts to locate the more than 200 kidnapped teenagers, there is still no trace of their whereabouts, eight weeks after their abduction.
Source : Sapa-dpa /kd
