Several media reports claim that about 60 women and children were allegedly abducted last weekend. Our findings however indicate nothing on ground to prove any act of abduction ever took place as reported.
It is also on record that our findings are corroborated by the position of the Borno State Government as conveyed by Governor Kashim Shettima who said that there are no sufficient facts on the alleged abduction of 60 persons.
Let us take this scenario into consideration. Who can honestly say he carried out a head count of the women during the mayhem? We advise people to desist from the practice of playing with figures of persons as abducted even when none took place. This reinforces the need for media organisations to always refer to the Centre before going to press as any other contrary action would be deemed as a deliberate attempt to create confusion and fear in the populace.
We hereby wish to state that based on available facts before us, there was no abduction of 60 persons in Borno State.
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