Housewife Kidnapped By Boko Haram While Working On Farm Recounts Ordeal In Sambisa Forest

August 28, 2017 – Housewife Kidnapped By Boko Haram While Working On Farm Recounts Ordeal In Sambisa Forest

A mother of five on Monday recounted her ordeal in the den of Boko Haram in Sambisa forest.

25-year-old Aisha Bukar said her husband, children and mother in law fed on grass to survive for 3 years.

Mrs Bukar said they escaped from the their enclave after a fighter jet bombed Boko Haram hideout in Sambisa forest recently.

She disclosed to NAN that she escaped from the camp with her husband, mother in-law and the five children.

She said members of her family were incarcerated for about three years by the insurgents in the Sambisa Forest.

She recalled that the insurgents abducted them while working in a farm at Talala, a village in Damboa Local Government Area of Borno.

Mrs. Bukar added that they had denied them food and drugs, following her husband’s refusal to fight for their group.

Her words;

“We were working in the farm when the insurgents abducted me, my husband, children and mother in-law. They took us deep into Sambisa Forest, where we stayed for about three years.

“They asked my husband to take up arms and fight for them, a request he declined; they became infuriated and labeled him as stubborn; to break his will, they denied us food and drugs.

“We barely survived on leaves and weeds; we also relied on herbs when sick; they distributed food only to their fighters and those who submit to their demands.”

“My husband was flogged on many occasions over his persistent absenteeism at the lecture sessions. His back is covered with ugly scars of injuries sustained from merciless beating by the insurgents.”