self-confessed member of a terrorist group, Boko Haram, that
abducted over 200 girls from their school’s dormitory in Chibok,
Borno Sate, says the girls are in good state of health.
It
has
been 85 days since the girls were abducted from the Government
Girls Secondary School.
In an interview with the BBC on Tuesday, the man, who admitted
joining the sect in 2004, said the girls were in what he called “a
state of amnesty” and that they were well fed and treated with
utmost care.
He said that some of the girls had converted to the Islamic faith
while those that refused to join Islam have not been forced to do
so.
According to him, the group does not kill women and children
intentionally, saying Islam does not permit that. “They are killed
only when caught in the crossfire, as they go after their targets.
“I’m telling you this for a fact. They are in a state of amnesty. They
don’t have a problem; some of them believe in Islam, some say
they would not convert to Islam. We treat them equally. They are
all healthy…. Some of them say they will not return to Islam. We
tell them this is not a problem. There is no force in Islam. If you
see them now, you’ll see that they don’t have any problems.”
Nigeria’s security agencies have been making efforts to rescue the
girls and have stressed that they were being cautious to ensure
that there would not be casualties while carrying out the rescue
operation.
A military head said in May that the counter-terrorism troops had
identified the location of the girls and that “they would be rescued
soon”.
The terrorist group had in a video released days after the girls were
abducted demanded for an exchange of the girls with their
members held at different detention camps across Nigeria.
www.channelstv.com/2014/07/08/chibok-girls-good-state-health-self-acclaimed-boko-haram-member/

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