kidnapping in Borno State.
Residents of Damasak reportedly told Reuters on
Tuesday, March 24, that 506 people had been taken from
the town by Boko Haram insurgents.
The Nigerian Army has however said that the report is a
total fabrication that bears no iota of truth.
This was disclosed on Wednesday, 25, by the Acting
Director of Army Public Relations, Sani Usman during
a press briefing.
“It is not true. It’s is all lies and I don't just want to start
discrediting any news agency but this particular medium
has been in the habit of dishing out false news like in more
than four occasions now,” Usman said.
“Please there is no 500 people that was kidnapped,” he
added.
Damasak has been the centre of controversy ever since its
recapture as Chadian troops accused their Nigerian
counterparts of being too afraid to reclaim the town while
Nigerian authorities accused the Chadian of lying about
their conquests.
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