Six Women, Nine Children Escape From Boko Haram Captivity - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 12, 2021
The 15 hostages were seized separately from the farming villages of Takulashi in Borno state’s Chibok district and Cofure in neighbouring Adamawa’s Hong district several months ago.
Chibok was the scene of the 2014 abduction of more than 200 schoolgirls by Boko Haram which earned the jihadist group global notoriety.
Three of the hostages along with their five children were seized during a raid on Takulashi in October last year, while the other three with their four children were abducted from Cofure in May, according to Zuwaira Gambo, Borno’s women affairs commissioner.
It was not clear who kidnapped the women and children, but Buni Yadi is a known enclave for the IS-linked Islamic State West Africa Province ISWAP, which split from Boko Haram in 2016 to become a dominant force in the region.
Zulum expressed delight receiving the hostages after they “fell prey to Boko Haram terrorists, a name officials use for both groups.
Boko Haram and rival ISWAP are notorious for kidnapping women.
They have been engaged in a 12-year old conflict that has killed more than 40,000 people and displaced around two million.