<span style="color: #222222;">At least five officials working for Nigeria's Borno State Ministry of works were abducted by suspected militants linked to the Islamic State West African Province (Iswap) yesterday.<br />''<br />'' Borno State's Commissioner for Works Yerima Saleh confirmed the incident and said three vehicles, including a Toyota Hilux and two tippers, were also seized by the militants.<br />''<br />'' Mr Saleh added that the victims were en route to inspect a road project near Chibok town. Damboa and Chibok towns are close to Sambisa forest, which is the main hideout for militants in the region.<br />''<br />''Borno is among three north-eastern Nigeria states that have endured a protracted jihadist insurgency that has killed hundreds of thousands and displaced millions of people.</span><br />