Boko haram abduct six family members in borno again

Six members of a family were abducted by Boko
Haram members during a raid on Bam_Buratai
village, the ancestral home of the Chief of Army
Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai on November 28th.
The insurgents had stormed the village at about
10pm on the said night, shooting sporadically and
abducting some people including many young
girls.
An investigation into the alleged kidnapping led to
the constitution of a 7-member fact-finding
committee by the Borno state government. The
committee led by member representing Biu State
Constituency in Borno House of Assembly, Aliyu
Kachallain, discovered that six members from the
family of Pidigum Mohammed Pindar were those
abducted.
“They include Mrs. Gambo Pidigum and
Mrs. Hamsatu Pidigum, the first and sec­
ond wives respectively, Hauwa’u Pidigum,
an 8 years old Primary 3 schoolgirl, Abdul­
lahi Pidigum, 2 years 6 months old boy,
Ummi Pidigum, a year and 6 months old girl
and Rabi Pidigum, a 6-month-old girl. There
is no information about the whereabouts of
the abducted members as at the time of
compiling the report"the committee said in
a report made available to newsmen yesterday