More shocking revelations have emerged
to shed more light on the agony of the missing Chibok
girls, based on the account of one of the escapees.
Three of the girls have so far escaped
from the terrorist group, Boko Haram, who abducted over 200 girls from a
government secondary school in Chibok, Borno State on the night of
April 14, 2014.
A clergy and expert on
counter-terrorism, Oladimeji Thompson, of The Omoluabi Network, who has
been working with other groups to assist victims of the abduction
overcome their pains, gave a chilling narration based on an account of
one of the escapees.
He said, “One of the girls I interviewed
was being raped 15 times by 15 men every day.” He said the girl was
traumatised and confused.
“It’s obvious this girl needs to be
managed. She looked confused. She found it hard to talk to me but after
much prodding, she confessed to me that she was raped 15 times by 15 men
throughout the time she was with the Islamic insurgents before she
could escape from their den.
“A girl who has been raped by 15 men
every day, you say you negotiate and gave her back and release a
terrorist who will go out and kill more. What negotiators do is to say
that they must not tell their stories, they blanket all the information.
In a situation like this, it is the Boko Haram that wins more.”
Asked if the girl was not pregnant after
her ordeal in the hands of the insurgents, the pastor, probably in an
attempt to protect the schoolgirl, declined further comments asking our
correspondent to move to other issues.
Many of the mothers confirmed to our
correspondent that against all trumped up figures in the media, only
three girls have since managed to escape from Boko Haram’s den.
The Omoluabi Network is working with
other groups such as the Unlikely Heroes, a United States based trauma
management specialists and the Gabasawa Women Initiative, a coalition of
women across Northern Nigeria led by Kucheli Balami, to provide
psychological and emotional support for the escaped girls and their
grieving parents.
He called on government not to negotiate with the terrorist group but explore every other option in rescuing the missing girls.#BringBackOurGirls
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