NIGERIA—Hundreds of women are being kidnapped every week and held as sex slaves by bandit terrorists in Nigeria’s north, according to a national politician.
And the government is unconcerned, said Umar Barde a member of the Nigerian House of Representatives in a phone interview with The Epoch Times.
“They [terrorists] rape both young and old women, even teenagers,” said Barde, who represents Kajuru and Chikun counties of Kaduna state.
Large bandit gangs who identify chiefly as members of the Fulani tribe have waged endless war on farming communities in northwest and north-central Nigeria since 2011, according to reports.
Yerima Timothy (R) stands beside motorcycles delivered to terrorists as part of the ransom for 15 people kidnapped in Kasan-Kogi town in February. (Courtesy of Yerima Timothy)
The Fulani, a large ethnic group in West Africa that claims more than 20 million members in Nigeria, has been blamed for thousands of “genocidal massacres” in the country in recent years—according to Greg Stanton, the founding president of Genocide Watch….