Read How Boko Haram Runs The Desolated Town Of Baga

A woman who wants to remain unnamed has described to BBC Hausa the
evils and ordeals going on right now in the town of Baga after she
escaped the town of Baga, Kukawa LGA, Borno State which is currently
under the control of Boko Haram.

Boko Haram carried out one of its deadliest attacks earlier this month
in the town of Baga. The exact number of people killed has not been
verified. The military claim over 2,000 people have died but one woman
who survived the attacks has told the BBC Hausa service about life in
the town.

The woman's story was was narrated by the BBC. In her story she
describes how Boko Haram are running the town and how bodies on the
street have started decomposing. She also describes how women have
taking interest in the militants and marriages being arranged.

"Boko Haram fighters are currently in control of the town. When they
attacked, they destroyed shops and burnt down our houses.

There are lots of bodies scattered on the street and some have started
decomposing.

The militants gathered the old men who could not leave the town and
some strong women and forced them to bury the corpses because of the
stench - I saw all of this.

Many of the women could not escape during the attack and we were all
brought with the old men to the palace of the traditional ruler.I
spent a week there.

In the mornings and evenings the insurgents would gather the women
together and preach to them.

Two days after the attack, a man who claimed to be Abubakar Shekau
[the leader of Boko Haram] came and addressed us. He said: "Today,
where is your government from local to highest level? You are now
under our control." And he preached to us.

After that, Shekau and many of the insurgents left the town in the
hands of some Boko Haram members who are from Baga.

These men have taken control of the young women in the town. They r*pe
and abuse our daughters.

In the evening they choose ones who are neither pregnant nor nursing
mothers and take them away. They don't bring them back until the
morning. If it is not r*pe what are they doing to them?

But there are some young women who show interest in the Boko Haram
militants and want to marry them. I saw about 25 of them who were
having good relationships with them.

The Boko Haram fighters have also taken over the hospitals. In the
mornings, the militants come and ask if there is any woman who is not
feeling well and they take her to hospital.

They took away all the goods in the market before destroying it. I
counted close to 20 vehicles full of goods from the market and they
feed the women from this.

One day we begged the militants to let us go home to shower and change
our dirty clothes.

Some of them agreed and escorted us to the house. They waited outside
while we went in.

We then got out from the other end of the house and fled. That is how
we escaped."

The latest Boko Haram attack on Baga was some weeks back when the
insurgents killed scores of soldiers in the Multinational Joint Task
Force (MJTF) base, Baga, Kukawa LGA, Borno State.
--infonaija