Ayodele Olalere
Ihyi Abdul, the recently released victim of the April 2014 abduction in Chibok, Borno State, has narrated her 10-years ugly experience while in the captivity of the terrorists l.
According to Ihyl, she was married to eight men while in Boko Haram captivity and had three children with different fathers.
Ihyl was among 332 kidnapped Chibok girls rescued by the Joint Task Force, Operation Hadin Kai, and handed over to the Borno State government for rehabilitation.
The 332 individuals, including 110 women and 220 children, were rescued from the Bama-Pulka axis during a clearance operation in Sambisa Forest.
While speaking at a presentation at Maimalari Cantonment in Maiduguri, the Theatre Commander of Operation Hadin Kai, Maj-Gen. Waheed Shuaibu, said 27-year-old Ihyi Abdul, who is three months pregnant, was rescued on June 23, 2024, along with her two children in Sambisa Forest.
“I trekked for days before getting to a military checkpoint in Nigeria where they took me and my children in, “Ihyl narrated.
She added: “I married eight men and gave birth to three children for different husbands. I did not escape all the while because I did not want to escape earlier until now. We the Chibok girls are not kept in the same camp, and I don’t know why they are still in captivity but those of us have chosen to remain in Sambisa, while others have not had the chance to escape.”
On whether she will continue her education, she said: “As for education, I cannot say anything for now but am not sure I can continue with education.”
