Boko Haram abduct over 12 travellers in Borno

More than 12 travellers have been abducted by terror group while commuting on a Borno highway on Wednesday morning.

NewsWireNGR gathered that the insurgents laid an ambush at a bend between Mainok-Jakana along Maiduguri-Damaturu road at about 9am Wednesday.

According to an eyewitness, Malam Isa, a commercial driver who spoke to the Sun, “The mounted roadblock at a spot where the road is bent, stopped a commercial vehicle and abducted all the passengers.”

A security source also said the insurgents had earlier fired at some vehicles escaping from attack shortly before mounting the roadblock.

The scene of the attack is about 45 kilometres to Maiduguri, Borno capital.

More details shortly…