The hope of recovering the abducted Chibok girls
yesterday dimmed further with the declaration by a
returnee from Boko Haram camp.
Twenty-one-year old Tabitha Adamu, one of the
women freed from the sect’s camp and handed
over to the Borno State Government last week, said
the girls had turned to Boko Haram fighters.
Tabitha, who is expectant for one of the sect’s
commanders who forcibly married her, said she
mingled with the girls at various times in the sect’s
camp.
According to Tabitha, she was taken from Bayan
Dutse in Gwoza Local Government Area, when the
insurgents invaded her village.
She said: “They killed my father and brother. They
took me along with my mother but at some point we
were separated. Since then, I’ve not set my eyes on
my mother. When he (Abu Kabir, my Boko Haram
husband), wanted to marry me, he gave the women
who were taking care of us N5,000 as my bride
price.
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“Before the marriage, I was asked to convert to
Islam. I did so because many who refused were
killed and they gave me a name (Samira). I
answered the name but I know my true name is my
real name. When we were rescued I told the
soldiers that my name is Tabitha.
“They asked me if I am one of the wives of the
Boko Haram and I told them my story. They felt for
me and they treated me well.
“Many people asked me since we were liberated,
particularly about the pregnancy. I don’t know the
right answer to give because I actually do not know
what to do. It has happened. I don’t know what the
authorities would do about it but I think it is too late
to abort it. But my prayer is that I give birth safely.”
Tabitha said she completed her secondary
education and earned a certificate in
computerappreciation in Maiduguri before moving to
join her parents in Gwoza, at the peak of the Boko
Haram insurgency.
According to her, now that the government has
promised to help her, she would be looking for a
good future when she finally gains her freedom
after the government might have trained her in a
trade.
