A total of 158 Women and children
abducted by Boko Haram insurgents from Katarko village in Yobe have been
reunited with their families in Damaturu, Yobe.
The victims were released by the sect
members after three weeks of captivity. Alhaji Ahmed Goniri, the state
Commissioner for Justice and Chairman of the State Committee on
Rehabilitation of Victims of Insurgency, said this while addressing
newsmen in Damaturu on Thursday.
“The victims were screened by security
operatives to authenticate their status while government provided them
with psychological therapy to ease their trauma,” Goniri said.
NAN reports that the victims were
released by the insurgents three weeks ago but remained in custody of
security agencies to undergo screening to ensure that they were indeed
captives. Alhaji Abdurahman Dauda, a displaced person, said his wife and
six girls were released by the insurgents.
“Two of my boys are still in their
custody but, I am of high spirit that they will soon be rescued,” he
said. One of the victims who preferred to remain anonymous, said’ “to be
fair to the insurgents, they did not rape or abused us, they simply
asked those who were not interested in their religion to leave, and they
eventually released us”.
Meanwhile, the state government has
provided N50,000, two bags of rice, sugar, noodles and wrapper to each
of the 15 widows among the victims, while 47 other women received
N30,000 each and same quantity of rice, sugar, noodles and wrapper.
Presenting the assistance, Goniri said government commiserated with the
families of the victims and provided the relief materials to help them
to resettle.
He said 20 boys were still in custody of
the insurgents and expressed hope that the renewed operation against the
insurgents would rescue them from their captors.
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