together with 184 other females and children, miraculously escaped
from the captors.
It would be recalled that the insurgents killed 32 and allegedly
abducted scores in Gumsuri town, Borno State, located close to the
infamous Chibok where more than 200 school girls were kidnapped in
April, 2014.
According to the latest update by Daily Trust, one woman managed to
flee the camp.
The victim, who is currently safe in the state's capital Maiduguri,
described her escape as "miraculous" and prayed God to pave way for
other mates to regain their freedom.
She narrated how people were used by the abductors.
"We were kept in a camp at Zongare village and there is vast farmland
there. We work morning and afternoon on the farmland, sieving beans
and packaging it into bags. Our captors do a lot of exercises, they
also practice handling of firearms. Sometimes, some of them would
disappear for one or two days and then reappear. Captives are being
forced to eat only beans."
Meanwhile a residents of the town said with reference to the woman's
words that only 4 militants had been guarding the hostages and the
others had gone for an operation, BBC Hausa Service reports.
Violent actions have been recently observed in the area around Chibok.
December 29, Boko Haram were said to have killed at least 15 people in
Kautikari village, situated close to Chibok and to Cameroon border.
--Daily Trust
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