Not fewer than six farmers have been abducted by suspected members of the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP).
The victims were abducted in Mafa Local Government Area of Borno State, Northeast Nigeria, on Wednesday.
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According to the Zagazola Makama, a Counter Insurgency Expert and Security Analyst in the Lake Chad, that the victims who were mostly Displaced Persons, went missing after they went to their farm at Bulagarji village, located some kilometers away from Mafa town.
Relatives of the victims who confirmed the incident, said the insurgents attacked the farmers in the wee hours on Wednesday.
One of the relatives, who chose to be anonymous said that the ISWAP were demanding for N5million ransom before they release the victims.
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