Boko Haram Abducts More Than 20 Girls In Lassa, Borno State.

"They [Boko Haram] abducted
more than 20 girls from our
town and killed many people,
mostly old men and women,"
said Mr. Ibrahim.
Mr. Ibrahim, who said he
survived the attacks, revealed
that the Islamist fighters had
been advancing towards
Lassa since late November,
but had met stiff resistance
from determined local
fighters until Wednesday.
He said the Islamist
insurgents attacked the town
last Wednesday in a wave of
hundreds of fighters with a
variety of heavy weaponry,
including tanks and
explosives. They were finally
able to overwhelm the local
opposition and capture the
town.
"They burnt almost half of the
town before they left. Those
of us who were lucky fled,
but they massacred aged
ones and younger men they
could catch," the informant
stated. He said the town fell
to the insurgents because the
residents' appeals to security
agencies to deploy more
troops and to step up land
and air operations were
ignored. "That's why the
town is now in the hands of
Boko Haram," he said.
A senior military officer
attached to the 7th Division
of the Nigerian Army based in
Maiduguri, the capital of
Borno State, confirmed that
the military was aware of the
development in Lassa.

Posted By David Aniemeka