Suspected militants with the Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram abducted at least 25 girls during raids on two villages in a remote area of eastern Adamawa State.  The kidnappings happened after the Nigerian claimed to have reached a deal with the extremists for the release of more than 200 girls kidnapped from their school in Chibok town earlier this year.

The authorities have not confirmed the new abductions, but then Boko Haram has not confirmed the government’s claims of a truce.  The Nigerian government has repeatedly issued boisterous claims of victories over Boko Haram.  But the terrorists are expanding their control in northeast Nigeria, and have declared their own “caliphate” based on their draconian interpretation of Sharia Law.

Residents said Boko Haram guerillas rode into the towns on motorcycles and went house-to-house, slitting the throats of men and kidnapping women. 

“Those who were abducted are from my hometown,” said Roman Catholic Bishop Mamza, who says most of the kidnapped girls were Christians.  “Of course it is credible.  This is actually what is happening on a daily basis, only it is not reported.”