--- description: The militant Islamist group Boko Haram has been accused of abducting dozens more women and girls from two villages in Adamawa state. title: Boko Haram Abducts More Women image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6fade393e05e043d/698762963c1639461244f430/nigeria-kidnapped-gir_wong.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Nigeria](/tag/nigeria/) ## Nigeria Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Dozens More Women And Girls Abducted By Boko Haram in Nigeria by [Helen Regan](/author/helen-regan/) ## Helen Regan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 24, 2014 9:43 AM CUT  A man poses with a sign in front of police officers in riot gear during a demonstration calling on the government to rescue the kidnapped girls of the government secondary school in Chibok, in Abuja, Nigeria, Oct. 14, 2014. A man poses with a sign in front of police officers in riot gear during a demonstration calling on the government to rescue the kidnapped girls of the government secondary school in Chibok, in Abuja, Nigeria, Oct. 14, 2014.Olamikan Gbemiga—AP by [Helen Regan](/author/helen-regan/) ## Helen Regan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 24, 2014 9:43 AM CUT The militant Islamist group Boko Haram has been accused of abducting dozens more women and girls from two villages in [Nigeria](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-29740204 "undefined")’s northeastern Adamawa state. Residents say the alleged kidnappings, which haven’t been confirmed by authorities, took place a day after a [reported](http://time.com/3516883/boko-haram-cease-fire-nigeria-school-girls/ "undefined") truce between the militants and Nigerian government, the BBC says. The government hopes negotiations with Boko Haram will secure the release of more than 200 girls who were taken hostage by the militants in April. But the Islamist group has not confirmed the ceasefire. The April kidnapping, in Borno state, sparked mass protests in Nigeria and calls for the government to do more to save the girls under the #BringBackOurGirls campaign. Meanwhile a bomb blasted through a bus station Wednesday in northern Bauchi state, [killing](http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/23/boko-haram-abductions-bus-station-blast-truce-nigeria "undefined") five people and injuring 12\. No group has come forward to claim responsibility for the attack. \[[_BBC_](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-29740204 "undefined")\] ## ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3535904/women-girls-abducted-boko-haram-nigeria/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3535904/women-girls-abducted-boko-haram-nigeria/"},"headline":"Dozens More Women And Girls Abducted By Boko Haram in Nigeria","datePublished":"2014-10-24T09:43:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T10:59:29.701Z","description":"Residents say the kidnappings come a day after a truce between the militants and the Nigerian government","url":"https://time.com/3535904/women-girls-abducted-boko-haram-nigeria/","keywords":["Nigeria","women","militants","Boko Haram","bringbackourgirls"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6fade393e05e043d/698762963c1639461244f430/nigeria-kidnapped-gir_wong.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Helen Regan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/helen-regan/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6fade393e05e043d/698762963c1639461244f430/nigeria-kidnapped-gir_wong.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Nigeria Kidnapped Girls","caption":"Nigeria Kidnapped Girls","creditText":"Olamikan Gbemiga—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/nigeria/","name":"Nigeria"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3535904/women-girls-abducted-boko-haram-nigeria/","name":"Dozens More Women And Girls Abducted By Boko Haram in Nigeria"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Who Is The Leader Of Boko Haram?","description":"Who Is The Leader Of Boko Haram?","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/D9jtIA2G/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-05-08T14:49:42.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/D9jtIA2G.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3535904/women-girls-abducted-boko-haram-nigeria/","duration":"PT2M13S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3535904/women-girls-abducted-boko-haram-nigeria/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```