She was
kidnapped by Boko Haram militants while she was heavily pregnant and gave birth while still in captivity. Miraculously she escaped and now resides in the Internally Displaced camps in Adamawa with her daughter. Read her story below:
kidnapped by Boko Haram militants while she was heavily pregnant and gave birth while still in captivity. Miraculously she escaped and now resides in the Internally Displaced camps in Adamawa with her daughter. Read her story below:
“Boko Haram started chasing us and
we left the town. Our men fled to the hill top and we fled to the
hospital but Boko Haram came, they did not shoot. They just came
silently. They filled the hospital. I was pregnant when they abducted
me. After a week I gave birth. Four days after I gave birth, we were
moved. We refused to convert and young men took us to another place. They
told me if I renounce my religion, they would take me to the Muslim
household to be married off but I told them I would not change my
religion. They were going to kill us but the elders intervened. The
woman I was with decided to go over the wall. The first one went and then
we handed our children over the wall and that was how we escaped” she
said.
we left the town. Our men fled to the hill top and we fled to the
hospital but Boko Haram came, they did not shoot. They just came
silently. They filled the hospital. I was pregnant when they abducted
me. After a week I gave birth. Four days after I gave birth, we were
moved. We refused to convert and young men took us to another place. They
told me if I renounce my religion, they would take me to the Muslim
household to be married off but I told them I would not change my
religion. They were going to kill us but the elders intervened. The
woman I was with decided to go over the wall. The first one went and then
we handed our children over the wall and that was how we escaped” she
said.