According to Naij“I have spent three years in the hands of Boko Haram. Three different Boko Haram (terrorists) had proposed to marry me and I refused. Two among them were commanders (amir). “When I refused for the third time, one of the commanders became furious and threatened to kill me and my father. I told him I would rather die than marry a Boko Haram (terrorist). "So, after one week, they said since I have refused to get married, I should be taken to Maiduguri for a mission. So, three of them held my hands and they injected me. “Then, I never knew what was happening again. “I was taken to a herbalist, who, after I regained consciousness, told me that I had been with him for 30 days. “He told me he was preparing me for a mission. So, he gave me some water to drink. I don’t know what it tasted like but I drank it. So, he said they would come and pick me today. “At about 7 p.m. three Boko Haram (members) came with a male and a female. They were also recruited for the mission like me. “We spent one and a half days on the road to Maiduguri. It was when we got to Maiduguri that they strapped the bombs on our bodies. At that moment, I knew that I was going to die, so I started crying. “I was watching when the first bomber, a female, detonated her explosive close to a military checkpoint which killed no one but herself. The second, a male, was killed by the military before he could detonate his. “At that time, something told me to remove my own IED and surrender which I did. I was surrounded by soldiers and policemen and I fainted. “When I woke, I discovered that one of the policemen at the checkpoint was a brother of my mother. I think that was the reason I survived,’’
