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Boko Haram insurgents have abducted over 400 women and children from Damasak town in Borno State. Damasak is said to have been freed by by troops from Niger and Chad earlier this month. Reuters reports that residents of the town confirmed the abduction.

Former president of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, has condemned rumours circulating that President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration plans to hand over to the military if he is defeated in Saturday’s presidential elections. Obasanjo commented on the matter while hosting the South West women of the APC led by Aisha Buhari, Vanguard reports.