9 years old girl who was rescued from Sambisa forest says she wants to go back

A 9 years old girl who was rescued from Boko Haram base in Sambisa forest recently, has cried out that she wants to go back there. According to Vanguard, the girl who was rescued alongside 64 others, has gone on hunger strike in the last three days, demanding that she be taken back to her husband in Sambisa forest.


Borno state governor, Kashim Shettima, made the revelation when he visited the headquarters of the 7 Division, Nigerian Army, Maimalari Cantonment to officially receive the Boko Haram hostages by the General Officer Commanding (GOC), Major General Victor Ezegwu yesterday May 6th.

 Most of the girls rescued were pregnant and have been fully initiated into they sect. Some of them said they have been with the sect members for three years.