The House of Representatives has disclosed that between 2012 and now, the Boko Haram sect have kidnapped no fewer than 45, 000 persons in the state.
The House disclosed this during a debate on a motion on the kidnap of 219 girls in Chibok, Borno State.
The motion, “Calling on the federal government to intensify efforts to rescue the 219 abducted Chibok girls”, was sponsored by Hon. Asabe Vilita Bashir, Chibok/Damboa/Gwoza Federal Constituency of Borno State representative.
In the lead debates, Bashir expressed worry that the families of the missing Chibok girls and Nigerians are not informed of any rescue plan and are consequently living in unimaginable agony, not sure if there are any efforts being made to rescue them.
In the course of the debates, a lawmaker, Hon. Nasir Ali Ahmad informed the House that about 45,000 Nigerians were at the moment kidnapped and kept away by the dreaded sect.
Adopting the resolution of the motion, the House urged the federal government to set up a control/ situation centre to be manned by a specialised team drawn from all the security agencies in the country whose sole responsibility will be to search for the over 200 Chibok girls and all other victims abducted by the Boko Haram.
The House also urged the federal government to publicize the search for the abducted girls and proposed that there should be financial inducements for any information that will lead to the rescue of the girls.
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