At least 50 motorists and passengers have been abducted by suspected Boko Haram terrorists in Borno Sate on Saturday along the Maiduguri- Jakana- Damaturu 135km federal highway.
Among the victims in the latest mass kidnapping spree is Abubakar Garba Idris, a United Nations Humanitarian Worker sources say.
Information from some of the escapees, said the terrorists barricaded the road near Matari village close to Jakana at about 8:25am.
They said that several vehicles and passengers were trapped after looting properties by the abductors.
“Boko Haram fighters have abducted dozens of people including a staff of the United Nations (UN) along Damaturu-Maiduguri road in Borno State on Saturday morning.
“Held captive is Abubakar Garba Idris, aka Alooma, a Senior Protection Assistant with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). “The terrorists ambushed vehicles conveying commuters near Matari village between Minok to Jakana highway. One of them, Alooma was seized around 8:30am,” according to the source.
This latest incident is coming barely two weeks when 35 passengers, mostly women, were kidnapped near Mainok village situated between Jakana and Beneshiekh town of Kaga Local Government Area of Borno state.
When he visited the place following that kidnap incident, Governor Babagana Zulum blamed the security agencies for dereliction of duty to secure lives and property along the only road that links the state capital to other parts of the country despite unrelenting support from Government.
