A 56-year-old woman who was recently released by Boko Haram said that the Chibok girls abducted in April 2014 are
being held in Gwoza town in Borno State.
According to the International Center for Investigative Reporting, icirnigeria.org, Mbutu Papka was kidnapped in July,
2014 and held by the insurgents in the same location as the abducted Chibok girls. Reportedly, the abducted girls are
being kept under very tight security in a house in Gwoza.
Papka said that nobody was allowed near the fenced building where the abducted girls are being held under 24-hour
security. “Even the heavily armed guards who keep watch over the girls round the clock are only allowed to go into the
house to deliver food, water and other supplies to them,” she said.
After Boko Haram attacked Gwoza on July 4, 2014, Mbutu Papka along with others was taken to Mdita, a remote village
near the notorious Sambisa Forest, bordering Askira Uba, Damboa and Gwoza. The abductees reportedly were kept in
Mdita for five months before being transferred to Gwoza, where they were held for three more months till Nigerian army
released them on March 15.
Though Papka has never seen the Chibok girls, she explained that people in the area pointed at the heavily guarded flat
and said the girls were inside.
“Because access to the house was restricted the girls apparently did their own cooking and chores by themselves,” she
said
“In the camp at Gwoza, there were clear demarcations between where people were kept. The Chibok girls, other captives
and Boko Haram members and their family members all had their separate areas secured, though the security in the area
where the girls are kept is visibly different and much tighter,” she added.
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According to Papka, the conditions under which the captives in Gwoza were kept were fairly tolerable and far better than
the first location, as there was water supply.
“When we got to Gwoza, things changed because there were facilities there and the place was 10 times better than Mdita.
We had a normal life in Gwoza, except the trauma of living in captivity. Whatever we wanted to eat, they were provided.
They would bring water, firewood, etc., and leave them outside,” she explained.
Mbutu Papka
Speaking about living conditions at Mdita, she recalled that the place stank and maggots were everywhere because of
lack of water. She also said that she met other abducted people including women and children, among whom were many
under the age of seven.
Because of the terrible conditions and absence of health care facilities in the camp, many people fell sick and some died.
“There was a Redeemed Christian Church of God pastor who was killed during the attack on our village, and his wife was
abducted with us. She died at Mdita due to the condition of the place and the death of her husband,” she told.
According to Papka, she and the other women were not raped or assaulted, though she could not speak for the Chibok
girls because nobody was allowed to see or interact with them.

God will release them from captivity

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