Chibok Girls: Gory tales of trauma, stigma 10 years after

“On the day we were taken by Boko Haram, we were in our hostel. It’s a mixed school but the boys were day students… So, some students who went to fetch water, came back to tell us that they noticed our teachers packing up and leaving in a hurry.

While in conversation with journalist Kadaria Ahmed, Amina Ali told the audience her story of being the “first Chibok girl to escape from captivity, with a baby girl.” Her baby is 8 years old now. She was married off to a man who they all thought was a Boko Haram fighter but was also abducted. He helped her with the idea of how to escape. “Before 2014, I heard about Boko Haram, how they are destroying schools, burning libraries. We have a student who came from one of those schools.

Eventually, the terrorists came about 9:45pm in disguise- military camouflage, Ak- 47. Jummai Muttah, who had her Holy Bible she sneaked out with, speaks, “When they came, they assured us that they had come to rescue us. Because we were inexperienced, we believed them and came out from hiding.” The terrorists demanded to know where the boys were hiding but they were told they were day students.

While in Sambisa forest, it was another world altogether. ‘They lived their lives as we do’, the girls said. There were markets, houses etc. “They kept us, started teaching us the Koran and asked to know those who wish to convert to Islam. Shekau came and told us that they don’t want to hear about school in Nigeria; that it’s a taboo. He said what they are teaching students- biology, geography, etc, is taboo and that it spoils children’s behaviour. The only school they wanted was Islamic school.

Source: Education Headlines (educationheadlines.net)

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