See Photos Of The Oil Workers & UNIMAID Staff Before They Were Kidnapped By Boko Haram

Yesterday, the dreaded Boko Haram sect reportedly ambushed oil exploration workers and security operatives between Magumeri and Gubio local government areas of Borno State. Reports say 10 academic and technical staff from the geology department of the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) were among those said to have been abducted on Tuesday.

Security operatives and some members of the civilian JTF, numbering up to 30, were also reported to have fallen into the trap of the terrorists.