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mr hungerbad are u sure?

hmmm

Whoever dreamed up this foolishness in the State house
should be relieved of his/her assignment with
immediate effect. These are the characters that
orchestrate wastage in governments. Thank JESUS that
Buhari is a righteous man, who believes in frugality! If it
were the Clueless One, his hangers-on would have gone
ahead to waste that N400M before he knew it. This
change is working already!Tell them to leave him alone I can see the future beyond.

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Sentiment has always been one of our problems in Nigeria. As much as I don’t cherish the so-called party position, it is equally wrong for Dogara group to start looking at zoning which they had earlier objected to. I think this crisis has been targeted at persons rather than national benefit.

Olisa Metuh does not have a brain because he was proud of PDP for saving the N713.7bn bailout money for the states.How about those thrillion that your party have wasted and stolen?.Oojebi,he should have asked Jonathan and his armed robber ministers to delete all the money from the Excess Crude Account.Jonathan government has being the worse and wasteful government that i have ever seen in the world. Jonathan left all the governors,permanent secretaries, ministers and law makers to steal money at will so that they can support his second term bid.Thank God,if Jonathan has won the election,there would have been financial crisis for the next 20 years in Nigeria. During the the last general election,the money Jonathan and his thieves wasted could have conducted general elections in the U.S ,Ghana and Togo simultaneously.Omo Aijoberi,omo buje buda nu.By God’s grace,all the monies that were stolen during Jonathan regime would be recovered… Olisa Metuh go and bury your head in shame.

What do you expect from a government that care less about it’s citizens but can celebrate corruption and impunity. Remember Buhari you days too are counting! So of us won’t start criticing your government for now is still early I gave Gej time before he disappointed himself thinking it was Nigerians. Buhari no excuses when you fail on your change mantra so of us know the state of our economy and virtually empty treasury Gej passed to you that is why am giving you time. God bless Nigeria

Those in FCSC must be held responsible and someone must pay for such a monumental lapse and must never be spared because it is injurious not only to the govt but more so to those Nigerians who are / were better qualified for the job but were denied of it. I think the govt must start its corruption crusade from these simple and or minor cases like this to send the signal to the citizens that the hour of zero tolerance for stealing has come and to stay

bros

bros.

The senator representing Kogi-West senatorial district, Dino
Melaye, has urged the All Progressives Congress to respect
the view of President Muahammdu Buhari on the
emergence of the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki.
While reacting to the controversial emergence of Saraki and
the Speaker, House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara,
shortly after they were elected, Buhari had said he did not
have any preferred candidates for the principal posts but
added that he would have preferred that the choices of the
party emerged.
The choices of the APC for Senate presidency and
speakership were Senator Ahmed Lawan and Mr. Femi
Gbajabiamila, respectively.
Specifically, Melaye was referring to a statement by
Buhari’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi
Adesina, in which the President said that he was willing to
work with whoever the lawmakers elected.
In a series of tweets on his official Twitter handle, Melaye
faulted the APC leaders for attacking Saraki.
He said, “President Buhari said the election of Saraki
followed constitutional provisions. At that point, the party
and its leaders ought to have slowed down. Mr. President
said he would work with whoever was elected. At that point,
the party leaders ought to have taken direction from Buhari,
who is the National Leader of the APC.”
“The President is the National Leader of APC. The moment
he said he had no preference, the party should have
respected Buhari. Nigerians must realise that the people’s
sovereignty is far greater than the party’s supremacy. Just
like the Bible is dearer to me than the constitution.”
Melaye said he had no regrets supporting Saraki, promising
to protect and defend the people of his senatorial district
and the Nigerian constitution.
He added, “The gullibility of so many on the social media is
embarrassing. I have no regret supporting Saraki. I worked
and voted for competence. I will be the last person to
support anti-party activities or support the satanic party that
I assiduously helped to uproot.”

I hope it would not end like Fani Kayode’s own and co.? And by the way, when would they parade them in handcuffs and leg-chains as with the Lagos armed robbers? The time has come to also parade corruption heavies not just ordinary people who took to crime.

make I prepare my documents hmmmmm

0955eb027:
HaAaaa! I get plenty story abt dat chewing gum o...

@OP I beg go find Bazzooka bubble gum.

Elections have consequences, fellow bloggers. GEJ has his weak points, but high level lopsidedness was not one of them. The North was more than adequately accommodated in appointments and projects in his regime. Having said that, the most important thing is the appointees’ ability to deliver. If they will deliver to the nation irrespective of region, there will be no problem. The most important criteria are competence and non partisanship in their spread of dividends.

Sexually-Harassed policewomen: Our male bosses punish
us for refusing their sexual advances
JULY 4, 2015 : JESUSEGUN ALAGBE
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A group of policewomen | credits: Odutayo Odusanya
In 2002, after 35 years of service, she retired as a deputy
superintendent from the Nigeria Police Force, while her
squad mates did as superintendents, assistant
commissioners and deputy commissioners. Wine glasses
were raised up on the day they retired, all laughing and
dancing to have served in the Force and retired alive, and
not killed while on the job. Some others were not that lucky.
Nonetheless, she wasn’t happy and maybe she still isn’t.
Thirteen years are gone now since her retirement, but
anytime she remembers the treatments meted out to her by
her male bosses, the agony returns. But for the passion
she had for the job, she would have long quit, but she stood
up against them, fought them with everything at her
disposal – for the most years she spent in the Force.
They were bent on frustrating her – and they succeeded, at
least to some extent.
First, her promotion through the ranks was always delayed;
second, her name was dropped at least twice from the
inspectorate and assistant superintendent of police calls –
promotional training courses for members of the Force; and
finally, she was always asked to perform duties that were
below her capability and strength.
Whether her female colleagues succumbed to the threats of
their senior male colleagues for them to have retired at
higher levels in the Force than her, she couldn’t tell. “What I
know is that I kept myself pure, I never compromised,” she
looked in the eyes of our correspondent and managed to
flash a brief smile.
Clara – not her real name – joined the Nigeria Police Force
when she was around 25. The Enugu State indigene, who
pleaded not to be named for fear of being a target of attack,
was young, pretty, slim, with a chocolate skin colour and a
great dress sense. Unknown to her, these qualities
endeared her to many of her male bosses. “I was getting
too much attention from almost every senior male officer,
and before I knew what was happening, I was being asked
out by most of them. It took a while for me to know I was
going to pay dearly for turning down their proposals,” she
said.
She joined as a recruit, a spinster at that time, and
immediately, she became a victim of sexual harassment.
To make matters worse, she didn’t marry a policeman,
which she said could have helped in stopping the
harassment, but she chose to marry someone else, her true
lover.
She said, “It was my passion while growing up to be a
police officer. I just loved anyone in uniform. Thankfully, I
had the requirements to join, so I applied and it was
successful. I joined as a recruit at that time. But it wasn’t
funny. I started becoming an object of attraction from my
male bosses, which I really didn’t like. But it wasn’t mere
attraction; they wanted to sleep with me. They asked me
out many times, tried to lure me through gifts and promises
of speedy promotion. I am glad to say it anywhere that I
turned them down.
“To make it worse, I
didn’t marry a member
of the Force. Another
man owned my heart.
Probably if I had
married a member of
the Force – at least
one of those I got
proposals from – it
would have been
easier. The
harassment wouldn’t
have been as tough as
I experienced.
“It wasn’t long before I realised I was going to pay for not
giving in to them. Many times I was posted to places like
the police cooperative, where my skills and knowledge were
rendered useless. I had the physique and the intellect to be
at better posts, even in the field. But they did not allow me
to be at such posts. At least twice they removed my name
from the lists of officers to go and study abroad. And to my
surprise, they made it obvious to me that they were
punishing me for refusing to have sex with them.”
These treatments ultimately led to her depression, but she
found a way around it to still get on, without letting it affect
her work.
“When it was becoming too obvious that I was suffering
from depression, my husband asked me what was
happening and I told him, but he kept on encouraging me.
Of course, he couldn’t have done anything to stop them if
he wanted me to stay in the Force,” she added. “He
reminded me of the passion I had for the job and that kept
me on. So at a point in time, after spending about 10 years
in the Force, I got used to the threats and developed a
stronger mind. My squad mates all left me behind because I
was the only one that I knew whose promotion was
delayed. Today, I’m a victor; I fought and I won. I didn’t let
them determine what happened to me.”
Maybe she retired as a fulfilled police officer, but not as a
happy one – an assumption based on her expression when
she spoke with Saturday PUNCH in her Lagos residence on a
cold evening past weekend.
Caught between two options
Clara is retired now, but there are presently other female
police officers who are being sexually harassed by their
male bosses; some of them spoke to our correspondent on
the issue on the condition of anonymity.
They want to keep quiet – and say nothing about what they
are passing through, especially if they want to keep their
jobs. They cannot write petitions; they are scared – they
said even if they do, the petitions might eventually land on
their bosses’ tables, which could lead to an end of their
careers ultimately. They don’t know whether they would be
believed even if they complain. Hence, they are living with
it.
Some weeks ago, our correspondent approached two
policewomen, who retired in their booth after spending
some time controlling the traffic along the Lagos-Ikorodu
Expressway, to seek their thoughts on the issue. At first,
they looked confused, but after being assured that their
identities were never going to be disclosed, they caved in,
and gave Saturday PUNCH an address where they could talk
about it.
On the agreed
day and time,
they showed
up in muftis.
“You can help
us write
about it, but
don’t ever
quote us,
don’t show
our faces.
Don’t
disclose
where we live or our duty posts,” one of the two instructed.
They agreed that Saturday PUNCH could take their pictures
only if it would not implicate them in any way.
Deal was done.
One of them, a dark-skinned woman, probably in her late
30s, told our correspondent that if she knew another job
that was free of sexual harassment from male colleagues
and bosses, she would opt for it. “But it is difficult getting
such. Getting this one was not easy in the first place, not to
talk of looking for another one,” she said.
When she was recruited into the Force a few years ago, she
said she had no idea that apart from having the right skills,
her fate on the job would depend on whether she could
sleep with senior male officers.
She said, “I’ve been asked out several times by my bosses;
they know I’m married, yet they still want to sleep with me.
This is not something so strange to me because even
before I joined the Force, it happened. Men like to ask
ladies out whether they are married or not; they just don’t
care. Unfortunately, I cannot do it. I am a faithful Christian
and no matter the threat, I will never let them have their
way. It’s not normal, I suppose.
“The only challenge I’m having right now is that my
husband is not here in Lagos, so many of them don’t
believe I am married. They usually ask me to produce my
husband; meanwhile, I am not the type who wears wedding
ring every time. I have told a senior female colleague about
this many times, seeking advice on what to do, but it’s like
there is nothing to do than to either maintain my stand or
compromise.
“She told me if I compromise, it would help my career, but if
I don’t, I will be persecuted. I have chosen the latter. I can
never sell my body to climb the ladder of any career in life,
no matter how juicy the offer is. When you are here, you
cannot write petition against any boss like that, except if
one is asking for trouble. A boss will always be a boss.
When the matter goes up, it will still come down and one
will be hurt more. That’s what this is all about. I think it
happens in most organisations.”
Yes, it does happen in many organisations in the world, but
that doesn’t make it right, a Nigerian sociologist and
marriage counsellor who lives in the United States, Mrs.
Kenny Oyediran, told our correspondent via Facebook.
She said, “It is not a new phenomenon, it’s been happening
for ages, but because it is happening does not make it
normal. Organisations of today have to stop this immoral
behaviour. As a society, we are losing our sense of value
almost every day and we are just sitting idly by, doing
nothing about it.
“Women who are harassed in their workplaces, do you think
they would have any self-esteem on the job? Would they be
able to explore their full potentials on the job? Would they
be productive? The answer to all these questions is ‘no.’
They would underperform, they would not believe in
whatever they are doing. They would be at the mercy of
their bosses. Their successes on the job would depend on
their bosses. It is just not normal.
“They are not going to be at their best on the job and
service to the country. If this is happening, which I don’t
doubt, then it is high time it stopped. It is ungodly, evil, and
devilish. Women should be allowed to be themselves and
get to the peak of their professions by their own acts, not by
how many male bosses they can sleep with. Harassment
and victimisation of women help no organisation, nor any
country.”
Harassment endangers security of Nigerians
If female police officers could be allowed to explore their
skills on the job, maybe the security of Nigerians would be
better off, a security expert in Lagos, Mr. Peter Akanmu,
said on the phone.
“Women can do amazing things if they are given the
chance to prove themselves, but in a situation where they
are being harassed sexually and victimised if they refuse to
succumb, they will not be able to explore their potentials.
Such organisation as a whole will suffer,” he said.
He added that the security of the country should be of
priority to every police officer and not thinking of how to
sleep with their female subordinates.
He said, “There are bad eggs in the system and we all know
that; they are the ones hindering the success of the Nigeria
Police entirely. Imagine someone whose name was dropped
from overseas training list because she was upright. If she
had gone for such trainings, she would have probably
improved and contributed a lot more to the security of the
country in her own little way. She was denied the
opportunity. That’s wickedness.
“Of course, it is possible that there are no proper channels
for these women to report these cases, due to the kind of
corrupt system we operate, so these women will live with
the victimisation. Instead of becoming great fighters, they
become cowards.”
Recently, there were reports of young Kurdish female
fighters who took up arms against ISIS.
According to the reports, instead of running away from their
cities and allowing the Islamic State terrorist group to
destroy their lands, the women picked up arms, stood up
against them, and repelled the terrorists.
Lives were lost, but they did not die as cowards.
“Even though that was not a workplace scenario, the point
is, those women had the chance to prove themselves.
Nigerian policewomen can be their best also if they are left
to do the job without having to compromise,” he said.
It’s a global phenomenon
Workplace harassment has become one of the most
sensitive areas of effective workplace management. In a
report, it was stated that a significant source of work stress
is associated with aggressive behaviours at workplace.
It was also stated that developing countries, including
Nigeria, are far behind other countries in that there are
limited efforts to investigate the questions on workplace
harassment. It is almost unseen and the managers are
almost reluctant or unconscious about it.
Under occupational health and safety laws around the
world, workplace harassment and workplace bullying are
identified as being core psychosocial hazards.
A psychologist, Mrs. Moyo Owolabi, said depression and
work stress are often some of the by-products of sexual
harassment.
“Such female officers need counselling and they should go
for it. It is sickening that you have a job you have passion
for, but instead of enjoying it, you are being harassed. It
leads to depression, which leads to low productivity. It is
everywhere, but I hope the Nigeria Police does something
about this quickly,” she said.
The other victim, who volunteered to speak to our
correspondent, said she was already looking for another
job, in the absence of which she would start a business, so
as to escape the trauma.
“I cannot say I’m enjoying this anymore. If you cannot do
what they want, you are oppressed. If I get another job
today, I’ll quit,” she affirmed.
Perpetrators go unpunished
In a recent report by The PUNCH , it was found out that
cases of sexual harassment of policewomen by their
superior officers are usually not investigated or addressed
by the police authorities.
According to the report, the phenomenon is rampant at the
divisional level, and is frequently perpetrated by Divisional
Police Officers and Divisional Crime Officers against their
female subordinates.
However, investigations showed that a huge number of
petitions against DPOs and DCOs submitted to the Police
Service Commission by the rank and file have been largely
unattended to by the commission.
An official, who spoke on the issue on the condition of
anonymity, explained that the police authorities do not
bother to investigate allegations of sexual harassment. He
said many of such petitions by female complainants had
ended up in the dustbins.
He said, “There are so many cases of sexual harassment,
especially at the divisional police level; we have cases of
DPOs forcing themselves on junior female officers and if
such a lady refuses, she would be oppressed.
“If she agrees to the DPO’s sexual advances, the DCO also
would demand for sexual gratification, but if she refuses,
she would be oppressed or punished and if she petitions the
commission, the allegation would not be investigated and
the errant officer would not be queried or punished.”
Hope for victims?
A professor of law and human rights, Itse Sagay, said there
are laws guarding against sexual harassment in the
workplace. He advised victims of such to report the one
who is harassing them to a senior officer.
Sagay added that if, after reporting such matters to the
appropriate authorities, nothing is being done to address
the situation, the victims could sue the Force and seek
redress legally.
“It is an infringement on their civil rights as employees. No
one is permitted to use their position in the workplace to
intimidate their female subordinates. If there is nothing
done after they have written petitions, such victims could
sue the organisation,” he said.
In The PUNCH report, the Police Service Commission, an
arm responsible for constituting actions against
perpetrators, complained that there were no funds to carry
out its operations and maintain discipline in the Force.
It was also learned that the PSC does not have the capacity
to probe allegations of misconduct against police officers,
but relies on the police to probe themselves.
A senior official explained that whenever the PSC receives a
petition against a policeman, it would forward same to the
Inspector-General of Police, who would send it to the
Command Commissioner of Police and he (the CP) would in
turn send the petition to the DPO who would then dispatch it
to the individual involved.
“Usually, the PSC doesn’t get a feedback on such petitions
and when it does, it may take up to six months or longer
before the police would respond and the verdict is usually
neither here nor there,” the official stated.
However, the PSC Commissioner-in-Charge of Media,
Comfort Obi, said the commission had been holding
meetings and enforcing discipline in the Force, adding that
all petitions are duly investigated and the appropriate
sanctions meted out to errant police officers.
“Even if you say we lack funds, we have been holding
meetings and we have promoted many officers and also
punished errant ones this year; in fact, I just stepped out of
a meeting now,” she told The PUNCH.
The Force Public Relations Officer, Emmanuel Ojukwu,
would not agree that policewomen are being harassed by
senior male officers. He said he had not heard of such
cases in the police, but promised to sanction any
perpetrator of the act.
“Nigeria Police is concerned about the welfare of its
officers. We don’t tolerate oppressive conduct in the Nigeria
police, even if the petition is against a CP, it would be
investigated by the X-squad or his superior officer,” he
maintained.
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May the peace of God abide and reign supreme amid the fold of the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Executive Committee as they meet today to resolve the current crises orchestrated by some of its desperately ambitious members and, which crises seem to be tearing the Party apart. Let God touch stubborn hearts and make one and all see good reason for standing together as one united, political family who Nigerians have collectively, hopefully and faithfully voted into power to move Nigeria forward.

sameer1212:
U are a bastard and may your family witness what those boko Haram victims witnessed (Amen).

Amen.

. My sympathy goes out to the bereaved families and
friends. What about the injured? How are they being
taken care of? Is there any form of support for those
affected by the death of the breadwinners of their
families? It’s been a long time I heard about the number
of boko haram men killed by the military. Hmmmmmm,
there’s God oooo

The changes he is making go with the territory. An
incoming administration has to have a team it feels
comfortable working with. Whatever prevented the out-
going team to succeed in professionally remedying the
ills that plagued the past Government was the mantra
for change that resulted in President Buhari and
company. All the call-ups he is making now should not
be viewed with skeptical tribal scopes. All we can do is
let him be, this ‘honeymoon’ period and pray the change
optimism sustains; I mean positively escalates. He
knows the consequences of his actions hence the
window of excuses are clad tightly shot. His choices are
the people’s also. The hope is that they deliver quickly
especially in vital areas that staunchly base proper
progressive change. We must let him govern.#babaweldone

PDP is a party of crooks and injustice. If Mrs Zakaria is the second in command to Jega, why would you complain that Buhari reverse Wali who is not the second in command to do the right thing? The days when the 7th junior officer is placed above his seniors is over Mr Methu. Go and bury your head in shame. Who appointed Zakaria to the commission? Is it not Jonathan, so why the complain now? Is she because she is a lady? PDP you failed in this argument.

This is not the first time this man will be changing name. He had once changed his name from ”Abdul Lateef Olufemi Fani-Kayode” to ”David Olufemi Fani- Kayode”. Whether David Olufemi Fani-Kayode changed name or not in consonant with the era of CHANGE in Nigeria political process, we shall fill appeal against the decision of the court of first instance that set him free to the appellate court. Abdul-Lateef David Olufemi Fani- Kayode, please it is not yet time for you to give thanks giving. Aluta Continua…

The PDP met their death because of the card reader since from the days of NPN turned PDP it was their character to thumb print ( remember Felas song) and snatched boxes. May their souls rest in perfect peace not to resurrect any more. Amen.

The PDP met their death because of the card reader since from the days of NPN turned PDP it was their character to thumb print ( remember Felas song) and snatched boxes. May their souls rest in perfect peace not to resurrect any more. Amen.

This nass leadership is a fraud. The very clog in our wheel of progress. Apc must use every legal means possible to correct the absurdity. it was saraki’s senate presidency in the second republic that underminded Shagari’s presidency. the senior saraki and his cohorts pelfed the treasurery dry and hanged a debt of $32 billion on Nigeria. Nigerians watch out. The dynasty of money mongers at it again. Once beaten twice shy they say, pmb please and please watch your back.

Madam Protocol of World Bank. We know you have not personally embezzled the money. But you still spent without budgetery allocation. Shouldn’t you practice what you preach? would you have spent such money at World bank? But Nigerian money is everybody right?… Let the probe continue my friend!!! All you pdp puppets, watch and see. The time of impunity is over.

Some of the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped in Nigeria have
been forced to join Islamist militant group Boko Haram, the
BBC has been told.
Witnesses say some are now being used to terrorise other
captives, and are even carrying out killings themselves.
The testimony cannot be verified but Amnesty International
says other girls kidnapped by Boko Haram have been forced
to fight.
Boko Haram has killed some 5,500 civilians in Nigeria since
2013.
Two-hundred-and-nineteen schoolgirls from Chibok, are still
missing, more than a year after they were kidnapped from
their school in northern Nigeria. Many of those seized are
Christians.
Three women who claim they were held in the same camps
as some of the Chibok girls have told the BBC's Panorama
programme that some of them have been brainwashed and
are now carrying out punishments on behalf of the
militants.
Seventeen-year-old Miriam (not her real name) fled Boko
Haram after being held for six months. She was forced to
marry a militant, and is now pregnant with his child.
Recounting her first days in the camp she said: "They told to
us get ready, that they were going to marry us off."
She and four others refused.
Human cost of Boko Haram
219 of the Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped from Chibok by
Boko Haram in April 2014 are still missing.
They are among at least 2,000 women and girls abducted
by Boko Haram since the start of 2014 (Amnesty figures)
Since the start of 2013 Boko Haram has killed an estimated
5,500 civilians in north-east Nigeria (Amnesty figures)
Who are Boko Haram?
Chibok: What we know a year on
Why Boko Haram remains a threat
"They came back with four men, they slit their throats in
front of us. They then said that this will happen to any girl
that refuses to get married,"
Faced with that choice, she agreed to marry, and was then
repeatedly raped.
"There was so much pain," she said. "I was only there in
body… I couldn't do anything about it."
While in captivity, Miriam described meeting some of the
Chibok schoolgirls. She said they were kept in a separate
house to the other captives.
"They told us: 'You women should learn from your husbands
because they are giving their blood for the cause. We must
also go to war for Allah.'"
She said the girls had been "brainwashed" and that she had
witnessed some of them kill several men in her village.
"They were Christian men. They [the Boko Haram fighters]
forced the Christians to lie down. Then the girls cut their
throats."
It is not possible to independently verify Miriam's claims.
But human rights group Amnesty International said their
research also shows that some girls abducted by Boko
Haram have been trained to fight.
"The abduction and brutalisation of young women and girls
seems to be part of the modus operandi of Boko Haram,"
said Netsanet Belay, Africa director, research and advocacy
at Amnesty International.
'They had guns'
The Chibok schoolgirls have not been seen since last May
when Boko Haram released a video of around 130 of them
gathered together reciting the Koran . They looked terrified.
Amnesty International estimates more than 2,000 girls have
been taken since the start of 2014. But it was the attack on
the school in Chibok that sparked international outrage.
Michelle Obama made a rousing speech a few weeks after
their abduction, demanding the girls' return.
Millions of people showed their support for the
#bringbackourgirls campaign. The hashtag was shared
more than five million times.
Boko Haram has been trying to establish an Islamic State in
the region, but it has recently been pushed back by a
military force from Nigeria and its neighbours. Hundreds of
women and girls have managed to escape during these
raids.
Anna, aged 60, is one of them. She fled a camp in the
Sambisa forest in December where she was held for five
months. She now sits beneath a tree close to the cathedral
in the Adamawa state capital of Yola. Her only possessions
are the clothes she ran away in.
She said she saw some of the Chibok schoolgirls just before
she fled the forest.
"They had guns," she said.
When pressed on how she could be sure that it is was the
Chibok schoolgirls that she'd seen, Anna said: "They [Boko
Haram] didn't hide them. They told us: 'These are your
teachers from Chibok.'
"They shared the girls out as teachers to teach different
groups of women and girls to recite the Koran," Anna
recalled.
"Young girls who couldn't recite were being flogged by the
Chibok girls."
Like Miriam, Anna also said she had seen some of the
Chibok schoolgirls commit murder.
Conversion attempt
"People were tied and laid down and the girls took it from
there… The Chibok girls slit their throats," said Anna.
Anna said she felt no malice towards the girls she had seen
taking part in the violence, only pity.
"It's not their fault they were forced to do it." she added.
"Anyone who sees the Chibok girls has to feel sorry for
them."
Exposing women to extreme violence seemed to be a
strategy used by Boko Haram to strip them of their identity
and humanity, so they could be forced to accept the
militants' ideology.
Faith (not her real name) aged 16, who is Christian,
described how Boko Haram fighters tried to force her to
convert to their version of Islam.
"Every day at dawn they would come and throw water over
us and order us to wake up and start praying."
"Then one day they brought in a man wearing uniform. They
made us all line up and then said to me: 'Because you are
always crying, you will must kill this man.'
"I was given the knife and ordered to cut his neck. I said I
couldn't do it.
"They cut his throat in front of me. That's when I passed
out."
Faith said she had seen at least one Chibok schoolgirl who
had been married off to a Boko Haram militant during her
four months in captivity.
"She was just like any of the Boko Haram wives," she
explained. "We are more scared of the wives than the
husbands."
Long road to recovery
With hundreds of women and children recently rescued from
Boko Haram strongholds in the Sambisa forest, the Nigerian
government has set up a programme to help escapees.
Many fled captivity, only to discover that some or all of their
family members had been killed by Boko Haram. Others
have been cast out from their communities, who now
consider them "Boko Haram wives".
Dr Fatima Akilu is in charge of Nigeria's counter-violence
and extremism programme. She is currently looking after
around 300 of the recently rescued women and children.
"We have not seen signs of radicalisation," she told us. "But
if it did occur we would not be surprised."
And she added: "In situations where people have been held,
there have been lots of stories where they have identified
with their captors."
Dr Akilu said beatings, torture, rape, forced marriages and
pregnancies were common in Boko Haram camps.
"We have a team of imams… that are trained to look out for
radical ideas and ideology.
"Recovery is going to be slow, it's going to be long… It's
going to be bumpy."
As the hunt for the Chibok schoolgirls continues, and
questions are raised about what state they will be in if they
ever return home, those who have managed to escape are
beginning the mammoth task of coming to terms with their
experiences.
"I can't get the images out of my head," said Anna, breaking
down in tears. "I see people being slaughtered. I just pray
that the nightmares don't return."
For others, the nightmare is continuing every day. Miriam is
expecting her baby any day now.
"I hope that the baby is a girl," she said. "I would love her
more than any boy. I'm scared of having a boy."
Miriam's future is bleak. She is terrified her "husband" will
find her and kill her for running away. Her community has
also rejected her.
"People consider me an outcast," she said.
"They remind me that I have Boko Haram inside me
And she added:

The ADC should be immediately redeployed. That position calls for level headedness, emotional and psychological restraint, a reasonable knowledge of the laws of National security but above all a steadfast adherence to those laws to avoid physically endangering the president or for him to be dragged into controversies such as this which could have far reaching security and political consequences. Thanks to the C.S.O who has quickly stepped in to address the situation. But then he is merely doing his job and hopefully he will continue in that way rather than the ‘sycophantic notice me way’ of the over-zealous ADC.

Nigerians are so corrupt that those we supposed to look upon as a youth n emulate something good are the criminals at various offices yet if u see how they condamned armed robbers as if they are saints yet they are on the same level n offences with armed robbers is this not pen robber? Fela said ealier pen steal more than gun…pen still billions of dollars n Naira but gun is just peanuts our system is bad pure bad

If that is what is going to take for you to succeed and bring Nigerians out of poverty, so be it. It is better late than never. We are all with you, but please don’t give us reasons to regret, as we all regretted Jona’s administration.

callmenow:
Thrash talking. 'What Nigerians desire'? You must have your head in your anus. Quit the opium!

oh u are yet to take ur drug.

IbokUtoroh:
WHAT do u nigerians want?
haba!!!!!
u guys said gej was Lord over daviid mark n the two worked paripasu together, neglectin the common man. now we have a senate president who will work independently n for the good of all nigerians, una dey para. are u guys okay at all?
we dont need a senate president that will be a puppet to both the exeecuthieves n party, all we want is a strong legislatives that wont compromise that essence of the number one ingredients of democracy, SEPARATION OF POWERS!
If u dont like the current NASS executive then u can visit awa LAGOON!

u sound like your name haba your brain need formatting.