Some of the girls who were whisked away from
Chibok by the dangerous insurgent Boko Harm group
are said to not want to come back home.
Some of the 21 freed Chibok girls were brought to the
office of Vice President, Yemi Osinbanjo
It has been revealed that up to 100 Chibok schoolgirls
who were abducted in April 2014 by the deadly Boko
Haram insurgent group, are not willing to come back
home.
This was revealed by Pogu Bitrus a community leader
involved in the negotiations to obtain the release of
the schoolgirls.
It will be recalled that 21 of the girls were released last
week - possibly following the payment of a ransom -
Nigeria's government is negotiating the release of
another 83.
However, in a report on Daily Mail, Pogu Bitrus,
chairman of the Chibok Development Association, said
more than 100 others appeared unwilling to leave their
captors.
According to him, he said they were ashamed to return
home because they were forced to marry extremists
and have their babies.
Mr Bitrus said the freed girls have told their parents
they were separated into two groups early on in their
captivity, when Boko Haram commanders gave them
the choice of joining the extremists and embracing
Islam, or becoming their slaves.
The latter group - made up of 104 girls - never saw
their classmates again.
Mr Bitrus said they were used as domestic workers
and porters but were not sexually abused. That group
contain the 21 who were released last week and the 83
who the government are negotiating over.
He said the 21 girls freed last week might have to be
educated abroad because of the stigma they will face
in Nigeria.
The girls were reunited with their parents at the
weekend and are expected to meet Nigeria's President
Muhammadu Buhari tomorrow.
Mr Bitrus said many of those who escaped two years
ago were taunted as 'Boko Haram wives' by people in
Chibok and had moved away. At least 20 were being
educated in the United States.
Mr Bitrus: 'We would prefer that they are taken away
from the community and this country because the
stigmatisation is going to affect them for the rest of
their lives.
'Even someone believed to have been abused by Boko
Haram would be seen in a bad light.'
Chibok by the dangerous insurgent Boko Harm group
are said to not want to come back home.
Some of the 21 freed Chibok girls were brought to the
office of Vice President, Yemi Osinbanjo
It has been revealed that up to 100 Chibok schoolgirls
who were abducted in April 2014 by the deadly Boko
Haram insurgent group, are not willing to come back
home.
This was revealed by Pogu Bitrus a community leader
involved in the negotiations to obtain the release of
the schoolgirls.
It will be recalled that 21 of the girls were released last
week - possibly following the payment of a ransom -
Nigeria's government is negotiating the release of
another 83.
However, in a report on Daily Mail, Pogu Bitrus,
chairman of the Chibok Development Association, said
more than 100 others appeared unwilling to leave their
captors.
According to him, he said they were ashamed to return
home because they were forced to marry extremists
and have their babies.
Mr Bitrus said the freed girls have told their parents
they were separated into two groups early on in their
captivity, when Boko Haram commanders gave them
the choice of joining the extremists and embracing
Islam, or becoming their slaves.
The latter group - made up of 104 girls - never saw
their classmates again.
Mr Bitrus said they were used as domestic workers
and porters but were not sexually abused. That group
contain the 21 who were released last week and the 83
who the government are negotiating over.
He said the 21 girls freed last week might have to be
educated abroad because of the stigma they will face
in Nigeria.
The girls were reunited with their parents at the
weekend and are expected to meet Nigeria's President
Muhammadu Buhari tomorrow.
Mr Bitrus said many of those who escaped two years
ago were taunted as 'Boko Haram wives' by people in
Chibok and had moved away. At least 20 were being
educated in the United States.
Mr Bitrus: 'We would prefer that they are taken away
from the community and this country because the
stigmatisation is going to affect them for the rest of
their lives.
'Even someone believed to have been abused by Boko
Haram would be seen in a bad light.'
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