A total of 158 Women and children
abducted by Boko Haram insurgents
from Katarko village in Yobe have been reunited with their families in
Damaturu, Yobe. The victims were
released by the sect members after
three weeks of captivity. Alhaji Ahmed Goniri, the state Commissioner for
Ju
stice and Chairman of the State
Committee on Rehabilitation of Victims
of Insurgency, said this while addressing
newsmen in Damaturu on Thursday.
“The victims were screened by
security operatives to authenticate
their status while government
provided them with psychological
therapy to ease their trauma,”
Goniri said.
NAN reports that the victims were
released by the insurgents three weeks
ago but remained in custody of security
agencies to undergo screening to ensure
that they were indeed captives. Alhaji
Abdurahman Dauda, a displaced person,
said his wife and six girls were released
by the insurgents.
“Two of my boys are still in their
custody but, I am of high spirit that they
will soon be rescued,” he said. One of
the victims who preferred to remain
anonymous, said’ “to be fair to the
insurgents, they did not rape or abused
us, they simply asked those who were
not interested in their religion to leave,
and they eventually released us”.
Meanwhile, the state government has
provided N50,000, two bags of rice,
sugar, noodles and wrapper to each of
the 15 widows among the victims, while
47 other women received N30,000 each
and same quantity of rice, sugar,
noodles and wrapper. Presenting the
assistance, Goniri said government
commiserated with the families of the
victims and provided the relief materials
to help them to resettle.
He said 20 boys were still in custody of
the insurgents and expressed hope that
the renewed operation against the
insurgents would rescue them from
their captors.
abducted by Boko Haram insurgents
from Katarko village in Yobe have been reunited with their families in
Damaturu, Yobe. The victims were
released by the sect members after
three weeks of captivity. Alhaji Ahmed Goniri, the state Commissioner for
Ju
stice and Chairman of the State
Committee on Rehabilitation of Victims
of Insurgency, said this while addressing
newsmen in Damaturu on Thursday.
“The victims were screened by
security operatives to authenticate
their status while government
provided them with psychological
therapy to ease their trauma,”
Goniri said.
NAN reports that the victims were
released by the insurgents three weeks
ago but remained in custody of security
agencies to undergo screening to ensure
that they were indeed captives. Alhaji
Abdurahman Dauda, a displaced person,
said his wife and six girls were released
by the insurgents.
“Two of my boys are still in their
custody but, I am of high spirit that they
will soon be rescued,” he said. One of
the victims who preferred to remain
anonymous, said’ “to be fair to the
insurgents, they did not rape or abused
us, they simply asked those who were
not interested in their religion to leave,
and they eventually released us”.
Meanwhile, the state government has
provided N50,000, two bags of rice,
sugar, noodles and wrapper to each of
the 15 widows among the victims, while
47 other women received N30,000 each
and same quantity of rice, sugar,
noodles and wrapper. Presenting the
assistance, Goniri said government
commiserated with the families of the
victims and provided the relief materials
to help them to resettle.
He said 20 boys were still in custody of
the insurgents and expressed hope that
the renewed operation against the
insurgents would rescue them from
their captors.
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