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.
Ahmed Goniri, the state Commissioner for
Justice and Chairman of the State Committee
on Rehabilitation of Victims of Insurgency,
said this while addressing journalists 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,” Mr. Goniri
said.
The News Agency of Nigeria (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.
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 relief materials, Mr. 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. (NAN)
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