Nigeria, June 30 -- Less than 24 hours before gunmen attacked a secondary school in Lassa, Borno State, and abducted students preparing for the ongoing National Examinations Council (NECO) examinations, six women and two babies were kidnapped on farms in the same area, community sources have told PREMIUM TIMES.

The victims were abducted on Sunday while working on farms between Mussa and Huyim District of the Askira/Uba Local Government Area, according to a community leader who spoke to PREMIUM TIMES in separate telephone interviews on Tuesday.

The sources said two of the women were carrying their babies when the attackers struck.

"They kidnapped six women. Two of them were carrying their babies, making eight persons altogether," the co...