*Says “we fled from captivity together”
Another Chibok girl, Mary Nkeki, 27, has been rescued by troops of Operation Hadin Kai Theatre Command.
Nkeki, who was rescued on Monday last week by troops of the 81 Task Force Battalion at Dikwa during an operation into the terrorists’ enclave, said she was married to a repentant Boko Haram terrorist she identified as Adam,
The Theater Commander, Operation Hadin Kai, Major General Gold Chibuisi, told journalists on Monday that Nkeki “is number 55 on the list of the abducted Chibok girls. While in captivity she was forcefully married to one Adam, a Boko Haram terrorist.
Since her rescue, she has undergone thorough medical examination in our medical facility. Equally, she has been adequately resuscitated and will be handed over to Borno State.”
This video grab image created on August 14, 2016 taken from a video released on youtube purportedly by Islamist group Boko Haram showing what is claimed to be one of the groups fighters at an undisclosed location standing in front of girls allegedly kidnapped from Chibok in April 2014. Boko Haram on August 14, 2016 released a video of the girls allegedly kidnapped from Chibok in April 2014, showing some who are still alive and claiming others died in air strikes. The video is the latest release from embattled Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau, who earlier this month denied claims that he had been replaced as the leader of the jihadist group. / AFP PHOTO / HO / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE – MANDATORY CREDIT “AFP PHOTO / BOKO HARAM” – NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS – DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
Nkeki later told journalists after she was handed over to the Borno State Ministry for Women Affairs officials that she gave birth to two female children for Adam, who later died.
When she was asked if she would get married again, she said: ‘’I already have a husband. I am married to Adam. We fled from captivity together.’’
She said she and her husband, Adam, repented from insurgency and fled the terrorists enclave at the Dikwa axis, and reached a point where the troops rescued both of them.
However, since their rescue, she was separated from Adam, who was taken to the Boko Haram repentant insurgents’ camp.
Mary is the 16th girl rescued by troops in recent months.