A former Boko Haram captive, Fatima, 18, from Geidem town, in the north-eastern Nigerian state of Yobe, has narrated her experience with Boko Haram, including how the sect sold her to a member for $70.
Speaking to Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders, MSF, in Nigeria, Fatima recalled that she was only 14-years-old when Boko Haram stormed her hometown.
Fatima, who was separated from her family and forced to marry, has spent the last four years living between the bush and a village in an area not under Government control.
Fatima arrived in Pulka in May and now stay in a camp for Internally Displaced Persons, along with her three-year-old son, Mustafa, and 18-month-old daughter also called Fatima.
The child is malnourished and has diarrhoea and a fever. Fatima said of her childhood: “We used to have a normal life. We lived in a small house made of clay with one room and we cooked outside. Geidem town was a nice place and I had some very good friends, like Zarha. Our family was large: my father married two women
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“From my mum’s side, we were nine people, and from the other, side there were seven. Several of my siblings died from disease before I was born. “My parents were farmers, they cultivated grain and I helped on the farm. I also sold vegetables in the local market. I wanted to go to school because I dreamed of becoming a doctor. “My aspiration was to help others, but after my father died, my mum asked me to help. I had no other choice but to quit school...

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Hmmmm Nigeria i wish they can swap us with another country

$70,what for na?