Another escaped victim, identified as Godiya Simon,
who was among the over 234 school girls that were
abducted from Government Girls Secondary School,
Chibok, Borno State, by Boko Haram members on
April 14, yesterday narrated her ordeal in Sambisa
Forest.
Speaking to journalist in Maiduguri, on how she
escaped from the dreaded sambisa forest, she
explained that after their kidnapping, they were
made to walk through the forest where they were
later kept in an open place inside the forest.
"The place we were kept was not just right and I felt
that these people might kill us. We heard many bad
things about them. I then began to plan how to
escape. I told them that I wanted to urinate which
they said no to, but after I kept repeating it, they
allowed me to go along with three others. That was
the time we escaped from the camp" she said.
The escapee, who said she couldn't trace her way
back to the forest acknowledged that they were held
in the forest, as they could hear the sect members
talking.
"No, I do not think I will know, you know we
travelled at night. When we went to urinate, we
started running. We were too scared, we just kept
running, believing that with God on our side, we
would get help" she said.
Simon said after they had ran very far from the
forest, they fortunately came across a Fulani
herdsman, who helped them out of the bush to the
express-road where they boarded a vehicle back to
Chibok.
She disclosed that she was in Maiduguri because they
were asked to come and watch a video that was
recently released by the Boko Haram, leader
Abubakar Shakau, in order for them to ascertain if
the other girls who are still in captivity are all from
GGSS.
Simon, who confirmed that there were many of her
schoolmates in the video, added that she felt a little
bit relieved seeing that they are still alive, and
expressed optimism that they will come back like she
did.
The elated escapee asserted that she felt bad when
she saw some her schoolmates that are Christians
reciting the Holy Koran.
"It makes me feel sad knowing that they must have
been forced to recite the Koran. I know four of the
girls to be good Christians that will never accept to
change their faith. It is sad that they have been
forced to become Muslims" Simon said.
