Namibia: Too scared to speak – Nigerian villagers on living in the midst of kidnap gangs – Africa Links 24

Many of the parents whose children were abducted 10 days ago from a boarding school in Nigeria are terrified. They do not want to talk to the authorities or journalists in case of reprisals from the kidnappers.

“If they hear you say anything about them, before you know it they’ll come for you. They’ll come to your house and take you into the bush,” one of them told the BBC.

For his safety the BBC is not identifying him and is calling him Aliyu.

His young son is one of more…