Monday, October 27, 2014

Boko Haram terrorizes Nigeria – abducted girls forcibly sent to front lines


Boko Haram, the militant Islamist group of Nigeria has forcibly sent abducted women and girls to go to the front line to help fight the military bbc.com. As per reports of Human rights Commission, the group has taken over 500 women and girls hostage since it began its insurgency in 2009.
In the latest abduction, these suspected militants have seized about 30 children and have sent them to go to the front line to help fight the military. The abductions have intensified since May 2013, when Nigeria's government imposed a state of emergency in the three states where Boko Haram was most active - Borno, Yobe and Adamawa.
As per details furnished by three girls who escaped Boko Haram after being abducted in April, the girls have narrated their fear of being shot or hunted down by Boko Haram, and the dangerous journey back to freedom and safety.
It may be recalled that Boko Haram is still holding 219 of the girls it had abducted during the raid on a school in Chibok, sparking a global campaign for their release. On 17 October, Nigeria's chief of defense staff had indicated that the military had agreed a truce with Boko Haram, and that the girls would be freed within a week. But, Boko Haram has not commented on the alleged deal and the girls are still prisoners of the militants.

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