Nigeria, April 11 -- Eight former refugees who returned home recently from Chad Republic have been abducted in Doron Baga, a community in the Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno State.

Local sources said the returnees were abducted by Boko Haram insurgents on Tuesday while fishing on the outskirts of their community.

The insurgents targeted 10 people, but two escaped. One of them, a boat driver, was hidden by merchants, while the other hid in the river, residents said. The two are receiving treatment locally in the community.

"Eight of our people have been abducted by Boko Haram. They went fishing not far from our community, but unfortunately met Boko Haram patrolling the area," a resident of the community, who did not want to be nam...