some light on the agonising experience 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
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.
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