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The world through its media Dozens of displaced people have been abducted by suspected Boko Haram jihadists in north-east Nigeria's Borno State.
Officials say the victims were seized when they were collecting firewood in a forest.
Nigeria has seized 21 trucks with food bound for Chad, Central It is not yet clear how many people are missing and exactly when they were taken.
African Republic and Cameroon amid a scarcity of staple foodstuff. Some local media reports say more than 300 were abducted - most of them women and girls but this has not been independently confirmed.
The shortage is partly linked The AFP news agency was told 47 women were still missing.
to smuggling and has sparked protests in several states. Over the last 15 years, Islamist insurgents have carried out frequent attacks and mass abductions in north-east Nigeria, displacing two million people.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) uncovered the The incident comes after the Borno State government said almost all Boko Haram fighters were either dead or had surrendered to the authorities.
food concealed among household commodities in north-eastern Borno state.
“The arrest of the trucks is expected to stem the tide of food
insecurity occasioned by unscrupulous antics of smugglers across the country,”
the EFCC said in a statement.
The Nigerian government plans to begin distributing 42,000 tonnes
of grain across the country to quell public anger at spiralling food prices.
The food crisis in Nigeria has partly been blamed on
President Bola Tinubu's decision to end a fuel subsidy
in May last year.
The crisis has been worsened by the recent depreciation of the local currency, the naira, which has shot up food prices.
The African Development Bank has provided $134m to Nigeria to enhance food production following its
warning in February that the country could face social unrest over a
cost-of-living crisis.
Read more on Nigeria's food crisis:
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Nigeria cost of living:
People turn to 'throw-away' rice for food
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