Boko Haram insurgents have abducted 22 girls and women in the Northeast, AFP reports.

According to the news network, the terrorists on Thursday raided Pulka village in Borno and kidnapped 18 girls.

“Boko Haram fighters from Mamman Nur camp arrived in pickup vans around 6:00 am and seized 14 young girls aged 17 and below while residents fled into the bush,” a Pulka community leader told AFP.

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“They picked four other girls who were fleeing the raid they came across in the bush outside the village.”

The leader reportedly informed AFP that the terrorists were loyal to the faction headed by Abu Musab Al-Barnawi, the son of Boko Haram founder Mohammed Yusuf.

The terrorists also reportedly attacked Dumba village, where they killed a herdsman who had tried to escape after refusing to pay protection money.

A member of an anti-Boko Haram militia, Adamu Ahmed disclosed disclosed this to AFP.

“When the Boko Haram gunmen came for the money they realised he had left with everything and they decided to go after him on their motorcycles,” Ahmed said.

“They caught up with him near Dumba where they slaughtered him and shot dead 50 of his cattle.

“They took four women from the man’s family and the rest of the herd,” he said.