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Hungry Boko Haram Now Kidnaps Rice

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May 28, 2017
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Suspected members of the Boko Haram struck in Maiduguri, capital of Borno State, on Friday, hijacking bags of rice which the World Food Programme (WFP) planned to distribute to internally displaced persons (IDPs).
WFP is the food assistance branch of the United Nations (UN) and the world’s largest humanitarian organisation addressing hunger. It has been distributing food items to IDPs and other vulnerable groups in the state worst hit by insurgency. Maigari Bala, a driver, who witnessed the incident, said that the insurgents struck in the Damboa Road axis of the ancient town.
“They laid siege to the road around 3pm this afternoon. They seized a truck loaded with rice which was meant for distribution at an internally displaced persons (IDPs), camp in Damboa,” he said. “We took to our heels when we saw them in very large numbers. They were shooting everywhere and chanting ‘Allahu Akhbar’.”
Bala said the insurgents did not kill anyone but were only interested in the foodstuff. Bashir Isa, another driver, who was on his way from Biu, another community in Borno, expressed how lucky he was for not running into the armed men.
“On a normal day, they would have killed everyone in sight, but this time around, they came for food,” he said. “I thank God that I didn’t run into him.” A similar incident occurred on Bama road last year. Insurgents seized a truck conveying rice meant for IDPs.

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