Surviving Girls Describe Horrors Of Boko Haram Camp

A handout picture released on May 25 by the military showing members of the Defence Headquarter inspecting an alleged Boko Haram base in Kirenowa, Borno State Photo credit: AFP
The BBC Hausa service has aired an interview with two young Nigerian females who managed to escape from Boko Haram captivity and later gave a graphic account of the dreaded sect's operations.

Janet's Story
Janet, 19, narrated how a group of terrorists invaded the Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State and started slaughtering people in front of her. Then, they ordered the girl to slit one man's throat. She refused, and the group leader's wife did it instead.
Janet was taken to a house where she cooked for the terrorists. When they went to fight soldiers in Gwosa, they took her with them. She says she could hear bullets flying over her head in all directions.
The Boko Haram insurgents usually hide in the hills and caves, making it difficult for the Army to spot them. Janet says she saw Nigerian Army solders a few times, but they failed to spot the terrorists' hideouts, which were located mainly along the Liman Kara and Gwoza axis.
The insurgents would kill persons who worked for the Government, Janet said, also the girls who used chemical hair treatment.
Before engaging in fights with the military, the terrorists also have a habit of digging holes in the ground and burying their dead.
Janet says she knew almost everyone in the group of her captors, as they came from her home area.
She was able to escape from her captors after feigning illness. As the insurgents suspected she had AIDS, they allowed her to seek medical attention, and she was able to break free.
Liatu's Story
The BBC Hausa service also broadcast the story of another survivor, 23-year-old Liatu, who was captured by the terrorists last year. The insurgents killed all the Muslims working for the Nigerian Government in the area of Liatu's residence, as they said they had warned the Muslims against working for the authorities before.
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