Nigeria, May 12 -- Boko Haram insurgents have reportedly kidnapped a soldier and several passengers in Borno State.

The victims were travelling in a commercial bus last Friday when the insurgents stopped the vehicle on the Damaturu - Maiduguri Road.

According to sources the attack happened in the evening. The terrorists, dressed in military uniforms, blocked the highway and checked passengers' identity cards.

"On Friday evening, along the Maiduguri - Damaturu Road, Boko Haram fighters blocked the road for hours, searching for soldiers who were travelling in public vehicles. Sadly, they found one serving soldier and took him along with other passengers to an unknown location," one source said.

Efforts to get a response from the army we...