Tag: Aminu Masari

One western official working in counter-terrorism in the region said it was possible bandits may have transferred some or all of the kidnapped schoolboys to the extremists in return for money, weapons or other resources. Across the entire Sahel region, there are close relations between armed criminals, traffickers and Islamist extremists. More details have emerged… Continue reading Dec 2020. Nigeria Kidnap Part 2

Boko Haram kidnapped 276 girls from their school dormitory in Chibok, in north-eastern Borno state, in April 2014 and about 100 are still missing. The group has also taken other schoolchildren as well as thousands of people across north-east Nigeria and has recently expanded into the country’s north-west. There is doubt over the direct involvement… Continue reading Dec 2020. NIgeria Kidnap Part 1

The leader of Boko Haram, the Islamist extremist group that abducted hundreds of schoolgirls in Nigeria six years ago, has claimed responsibility for the mass abduction of students in north-western Katsina state last week. In an audio tape released on Tuesday, Abubakar Shekau said: “Our brothers were behind the abduction in Katsina.” A large group… Continue reading Dec 2020. Nigeria Kidnap

More than 300 schoolboys kidnapped in northern Nigeria have been rescued, the Katsina state governor has said. The 344 boys, whose abduction was claimed by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram, were on their way back to Katsina, Aminu Masari told the state broadcaster on Thursday. “At the moment, 344 of the students have been… Continue reading Dec 2020. School Abduction in Nigeria