When Boko Haram militants decided to
release some of the 200 Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped three years ago in
northeast Nigeria, Asabe Goni did not dare to dream that she would be among the
girls allowed to go home.
During their time in captivity the girls were encouraged to convert to Islam and to marry their kidnappers, with some whipped for not doing so, but Goni said otherwise they were treated well and fed well until supplies ran short.
During their time in captivity the girls were encouraged to convert to Islam and to marry their kidnappers, with some whipped for not doing so, but Goni said otherwise they were treated well and fed well until supplies ran short.
Report from Vanguardngr said that the
22-year-old Goni was ill and also hungry
did not even have the energy to stand up in October 2016 when the Islamist
militants said that any girls who wanted to be released should line up. She
just sat and watched as other girls scrambled to get into line.
“I was surprised when they announced
that my name was on the list,” Goni told the Thomson Reuters Foundation in the
first interview by one of the 21 freed girls to international media.
“It was a miracle,” she said, while expressing
regret that she had to leave behind her cousin who was also abducted.
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