10,000 Nigerian Boys, Girls Still Held By Boko Haram, Ortom Alleges

The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, yesterday, disclosed that over 10,000 Nigerian boys and girls are still being held by Boko Haram and indoctrinated with militant fundamentalism.
He stated that the terror group had also killed over 30,000 Nigerians and displaced more than three million others.
The governor, made this known in Makurdi during a virtual presentation as guest lecturer at the 2021 Press Week/Lecture organized by Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Correspondents Chapel, FCT Council, with the theme: ‘Insecurity in Nigeria: Restoring Peace, Unity and Progress”.
Ortom stated that Boko Haram had been largely responsible for the insecurity in the North-East geo-political zone for about a decade.
According to him, “the terror franchise is responsible for killings, rape, public executions, bombings of public and private property, and places of worship, robbery and mass abductions.
“These include the abductions of the Chibok girls (2012); Damasak school children (2015) and the Dapchi girls (2018) including Leah Sharibu who is still in custody.
“Reports indicate that Boko Haram is holding more than 10,000 boys and girls and continues to indoctrinate them into militant fundamentalism.”