Suspected Boko Haram militants blew up a bridge connecting Adamawa and Borno states, killed a number of people, and abducted a woman and her two children; on May 5, militants blew up a bridge that linked Nigeria to Chad. About 50 of the kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls were reportedly sighted in the Central African Republic last week accompanied by armed Seleka rebels. Nigerian authorities denied reports that US Marines have been deployed or made arrests. President Jonathan reportedly refused earlier US assistance because President Obama had seemed more focused on allegations of human rights abuses by the Nigerian military.
