One of the abducted Chibok girls recently
released by the Boko Haram insurgents,
Susan Ishaya, is four months pregnant,
chairman of Chibok community in Abuja,
Tsamdo Hosea Abana, has confirmed.
Abana, who made the disclosure through
phone chat with our correspondent,
lamented the trauma parents and the
abducted girls are going through, saying
their lives will never be the same again.
Security sources said Miss Ishaya was
found near a police station in the border
town of Mubi on Wednesday after she was
left there by the insurgents.
Abana confirmed that the girl in question
was among the schoolgirls abducted by the
insurgent group about five months ago in
Chibok, Borno State, adding that she has
been moved to Adamawa State Police
Headquarters in Yola.
“Susan is actually one of our daughters
abducted from Government Girls Secondary
School in Chibok. She was found in Mubi
where her abductors dumped her and she
was later taken to Yola. It has been proved
that the girl is four months pregnant, and
she is psychological and physically
traumatized,” he stated.
Abana, who pleaded with the police
authorities to ensure that she is given
adequate medical attention considering her
plight, also called on federal government to
step up efforts toward freeing the remaining
girls and re-uniting them with their families.
He revealed that the girl is suffering from
trauma and there are signs of physical
abuses on her body, saying he believed the
insurgents subjected their captives to
horrible physical and sexual abuses.
“Evidently, the girl was subjected to serious
abuse. There are bruises on her body, and
she is suffering from psychological
trauma”, Abana stated.
Sources at the Police Clinic in Yola
confirmed that Miss Ishaya was on
admission at the clinic where she was
receiving treatment but that she was taken
to the police headquarters in the morning.
However, a source said the girl might have
been referred to a better hospital.
The police public relations oficer (PPRO),
Michael Haa, declined to speak on the
matter, saying the military had taken charge
of security in the state since the declaration
of state of emergency by President
Jonathan in 2013.
Attempts to speak to the Army public
relations officer, Captain Jafaru Nuhu, were
not successful as his phone was switched
off.
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