Married To Eight Terrorists, Gave Birth To Three Kids | Rescued Chibok Girl Shares Her Ordeal After 10 Years In Captivity
Ihyi Abdul, one of the recently released victim of the April 2014 abduction in Chibok, Borno State, has shared her ordeal in captivity.
April 14, 2024, marked the 10th anniversary of the violent abduction of 276 girls from Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, by Boko Haram insurgents.
According to Ihyi, she was married to eight men while in Boko Haram captivity and had three children with different fathers.
The Joint Task Force, Operation Hadin Kai, handed over the rescued Chibok girl and 332 other individuals 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.
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.
Speaking to journalists at the headquarters of Operation Hadin Kai Theater Command, at Maimalari barracks Maiduguri, Ihyi Abdul said,
“I trekked for days before getting to a military checkpoint in Nigeria where they took me and my children in.
“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.
“As for education, I cannot say anything for now but am not sure I can continue with education.”