Forty-eight hours after the over 300 kidnapped schoolboys at Kankara in Katsina State were released, the Boko Haram insurgent on Saturday has again abducted 30 travellers along the Damaturu-Maiduguri highway.
It was gathered that the insurgents mounted a checkpoint between Jakana and Auno towns less than 30km to Maiduguri, Borno State capital where they stopped many vehicles and whisk away the people they wanted.
In the process, one woman was reportedly killed during the operation which was said to have lasted for more than 30 minutes.
Both the police and the military have not issued any official statement.
Some of the commercial drivers along the route confirmed the incident and said the incident took place around 5 pm on Friday.
“We stopped from far and noticed the boys moving people into the bush. We almost entered the checkpoint when I saw one vehicle reversed with speed and warned us not to advance,” a commercial driver informed.
It is not clear the number of people that were taken away but the source revealed that more than 30 travelers may have been kidnapped.
In another development, a female suicide bomber detonated self and killed three people at Konduga town.
The victims were identified to be Islamic scholars who were sitting in front of their house when the suicide bomber approached them and blew off herself.
