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NIGER: Bandits abduct 22 girls for marriage

ARMED men suspected to be Boko Haram insurgents invaded Kurebe community in Shiroro Local Government Area on Thursday, abducting 22 girls. 

It was gathered that the abducted girls were between the ages 15 and 17.

According to reports, the the gunmen informed the villagers that they were going to marry the girls. 

A community leader, who craved for anonymity, said the terrorists had earlier informed them that the girls should be withdrawn from the school because they would come to marry them, adding they were surprised that the gunmen came to pick the girls without any security hindrance. 

He said that the group leader, identified as Malam Sadiku led several operations in the area, preaching weird Islamic ideology unhindered for several months. 

“They operate freely, but when they identified a stranger in the community, they usually feel threatened; they either plan for the abduction of the stranger or chase the person away. We reported several times to the authorities,” he said. 

Recall that Governor Sani Bello, had raised the alarm several times in the course of the year that an Islamic group akin to Boko Haram had hoisted their flag in Kaure, a village close to Kurebe. 

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