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Africa Subsaharan
ISWAP Abducts Borno Government Officials
2021-12-02
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]

Terrorists working for the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
in West Africa Province (ISWAP) have kidnapped at least five officials of the Borno State Government.

The victims were said to be supervising the construction of Chibok-Damboa road when they were forcefully taken away on Wednesday.

It was gathered that the incident occurred near Wovi, a remote village in Chibok Local Government Area.

A source said one of the kidnapped staff, a driver, escaped unhurt.

"Yes, it is so sad and we are worried about these latest developments.

"The abduction came as a shocker to us. I can confirm to you that they were kidnapped this morning," a top state official told Daily Trust.
Related:
Borno State: 2021-11-30 Residents Flee As Boko Haram Terrorists Launch Fresh Attack On Borno Community
Borno State: 2021-11-10 Bad news for communities in Borno State: ISIS “mercenaries” have traveled from Libya and Syria to northeastern Nigeria
Borno State: 2021-09-22 Nigerian Army Secretly Contacts Families As Boko Haram Fighters Kill 25 Soldiers In Borno
Related:
Chibok: 2021-08-10 Chibok Girl Freed from Boko Haram After 7 Years
Chibok: 2021-08-09 Nigeria: Chibok schoolgirl free after seven years captivity
Chibok: 2021-06-23 Good Morning
Posted by:Fred

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