A group of women, kidnapped in February 2024 from Rafi and Shiroro local government areas in Niger State, were rescued by police last week, with some returning pregnant or with babies, and a few expressing affection for their captors.
Among the 24 women were four of the 25 individuals abducted on the Pandogari-Allawa road while returning from a market in Allawa.
The group was being transported by terrorists in commercial buses from Palu-Waya in Shiroro LGA to an undisclosed location, possibly Kebbi State or Kaiji Forest in Borgu LGA, according to conflicting reports cited by DailyTrust.The rescue occurred in Kagara, Rafi LGA, after one woman, permitted to step out to urinate, raised an alarm, leading to the driver’s arrest.
The women are currently at the police headquarters in Minna, where authorities discovered ammunition in one of their bags. A police source also confirmed that one of the rescued women is among the missing Chibok girls.
The source also confirmed that one of the rescued victims is among the missing Chibok girls.
“One of the Chibok girls was found among them, and a magazine with ammunition was recovered from one of the bags,” he said, per DailyTrust.
Sources in the Allawa community said the women were intercepted in two buses last Sunday while being relocated by terrorists suspected to be Boko Haram fighters from the Allawa forest.
One source said: “To us, this is a welcome development, as it has led to the recovery of the remaining four out of the 25 women kidnapped on February 14, 2024, while travelling from Pandogari to Allawa.
“However, while we celebrate, it is painful to note that some of these rescued women are either pregnant or carrying babies, a result of the forced marriages imposed by their captors.”
One relative said many of the rescued women would require urgent mental health assessments and deradicalisation.
“Some of the women have insisted they would prefer to stay with the terrorists for the rest of their lives,” the relative said.
Another resident added: “It is confirmed. We sent people to verify, and it was confirmed that some of the rescued women were from Allawa. But these women need thorough deradicalisation.
“One of them even said that, given the choice, she wouldn’t return home because she had fallen in love with the terrorists. She said she had memorised their phone numbers, even if the police had seized their phones. That woman is from Allawa, and her husband is still waiting for her.
“Can you believe that even in police custody, some of these women are insisting they want to continue their journey to rejoin the terrorists? One woman with a newborn even said she could still contact them directly. It’s truly troubling.”
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