‘Many girls, married women abducted in Borno over three years’

Dr Fatima said the sect also abducted married women whom “they use as nurses and cooks” on their camp at the Sambisa forest.“It has been almost three years now. If you go down to Maiduguri right now, go to any street or a local set up like Gwange, for example, ask them how many of […]

Dr Fatima said the sect also abducted married women whom “they use as nurses and cooks” on their camp at the Sambisa forest.
“It has been almost three years now. If you go down to Maiduguri right now, go to any street or a local set up like Gwange, for example, ask them how many of their children have been abducted? You’ll be shocked.
“Go to Bama, go to Konduga and ask. Right now for a fact, one of the girls that came back from the camp said even married women have been abducted. They use them as nurses and cooks. They wash their clothes; they’re just slaves in that camp,” she said.
Dr Fatima whose foundation has been involved in taking records of the abducted girls in Borno State however did not give the exact number, saying “it’s confidential.”
“These girls, to us as a foundation, are not to be used for social media or to promote a foundation. As a mother, I will never allow my child to be exploited. But the fact remains,” she said.
She said members of the Boko Haram sect “live “a lavish life” in the Sambisa forest because of the huge money they get.
“Most of these boys tell their relatives that ‘look the money we’re getting and the kind of life we’re living is so lavish. Free girls, free food, free everything’ I think the major thing that is keeping them in that forest is just the money and the promise of getting more,” she said.
She wondered why the sect retorted to abducting women and girls, saying “The former Boko Haram never abducted people. They just shot their target. Even if you’re in a group of ten, they shoot that one person that they want and leave. Even if they go to somebody’s house, they would never look at the women and children.”