Nigeria's government has denied that militant Islamist group
Boko Haram abducted 500 children from the north-eastern town of Damasak.
I t would be recalled that a former resident said on Tuesday
that the militants had taken away about 500 boys when they fled the town
earlier this month.
Government spokesman, Mike Omeri said the number was lower,
but he could not say exactly how many had been seized.
Regional forces had recaptured Damasak, a trading town,
earlier in March.
