Haram from government secondary school, Chibok,
Borno State, in April 2014 are in Gwoza, The Cable,
an online medium, on Wednesday quoted Mbutu
Papka, a woman who was recently freed after eight
months in the sect’s captivity, to have said.
Papka, who made the revelation to the international
centre for investigative reporting, said she was
transferred from a poor condition in Mdita to a
fairly tolerable facility in Gwoza where the abducted
girls were being held.
She said, “In the camp at Gwoza, there were clear
demarcations between where people were kept. The
Chibok girls, other captives and Boko Haram
members and their family members all had their
separate areas secured, though the security in the
area where the girls are kept is visibly different and
much tighter.
“When we got to Gwoza, things changed because
there were facilities there and the place was 10 times
better than Mdita.
“We had a normal life in Gwoza, except the trauma
of living in captivity. Whatever we wanted to eat,
they were provided. They would bring water,
firewood, etc., and leave them outside. They even
provided perfume for anyone who requested for it.”
The 56-year-old woman added that no one was
allowed anywhere near the specific location of the
abducted girls, which was being guarded round the
clock.
Papka was reportedly seized alongside many others
when Boko Haram attacked Gwoza on July 4, 2014
and taken to Mdita, a remote village near the
notorious Sambisa Forest, bordering Askira Uba and
Damboa. She and many others, including children
were kept in Mdita for five months before they
were taken to Gwoza, where she was held for
another three months before being released on
March 15.
The woman said the facilities provided for them in
Mdita were so poor that some captives died of ill
health.
“There was a Redeemed Christian Church of God
pastor who was killed during the attack on our
village, and his wife was abducted with us. She died
at Mdita due to the condition of the place and the
death of her husband,” she said.
The pastor’s wife was said to have had diabetes and
had been on a special diet, which could not be
provided by the insurgents.
Though she said she could not speak for the
abducted girls, Papka said she and the other women
abducted were neither raped nor assaulted, saying
the insurgents lived with their wives and children in
the Gwoza camp.
When she was to be released by the sect on March
15, Papka was given a sick two-year-old boy who
had been crying uncontrollably. She was driven home
on a motorcycle and asked to pay N8, 000, which
her family did.
Source: PunchNg
0 comments:
Post a Comment