Ceasefire deal collapses as Boko Haram abducts 60 women in Adamawa

The recent ceasefire agreement allegedly reached by the Federal Government and Boko Haram may have completely collapsed with the reported abduction of no fewer than 60 women by members of the outlawed group who recently stormed Waga Mangoro and Garta villages in Adamawa State in fresh attacks.

Forty of the women were said to have been abducted in Waga Mangoro while 20 were reportedly abducted in the Grata area of the state.

Residents of the affected area, who escaped during the attack, confirmed the incident to our correspondent on the telephone on Wednesday.

One of them said hundreds of insurgents overran the area on motorcycles and vans during a raid on Saturday, burning houses and abducting young women.

One of the locals in Garta, Tizhe Kwada, who managed to escape, said the rampage continued with many residents fleeing the area, which had been under Boko Haram control for about two months.

The Chairman of Madagali Local Government Area, James Watharda, said he had all along been in Yola since the insurgents took control of the area, adding that he could not speak on the matter.

Additional report from Punch