Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum, has described as over-bloated the figures in the media of the abducted Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Gamborun Ngala, Borno State.

The victims were abducted by ISWAP terrorists when they went to fetch firewood last weekend.

Zulum made the clarification when he met a team of North East Ambassadors Group in Maiduguri, the state capital.

Some national dailies had put the number of the IDPs abducted between 100 and 200.

In his reaction, Governor Zulum cautioned those reporting the incident, saying, “nobody could be able to ascertain the number of the abducted persons.”