10,000 Nigerians held, 30,000 others killed by Boko Haram – Ortom

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has disclosed that no fewer than 10,000 Nigerians, including boys and girls are in Boko Haram’s captivity just as the terrorist group killed 30,000 other and turned three million others to displaced persons.

Ortom who made the position in Makurdi during a virtual presentation as the 2021 press week/lecture organized by the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Correspondents’ chapel, FCT council, disclosed that the captives are being indoctrinated with militant fundamentalism by the terrorist group.

“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.

“The group was responsible for the bombing of the UN building in Abuja and has killed more than 30,000 people and displaced more than three million people. The North East is still unstable and there does not seem to be any prospects of defeating Boko Haram soon,” he said.