She said she was abducted with her father in Gwoza, Borno state, in 2013
A 14-year-old girl who surrendered while on a suicide bombing attack at a military base in Nigeria’s northern-state of Maiduguri has said that she was chosen for the mission because she had refused to marry a militant from Boko Haram, Nigeria’s News Agency (NAM) reports.
She said she was abducted with her father in Gwoza, Borno state, in 2013:
I have spent three years in the hands of Boko Haram. Three different Boko Haram had proposed to marry me and I refused. Two among them were commanders.
“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.”
So, after one week, they said since I have refused to get married, I should be taken to Maiduguri for a suicide mission. So, three of them held my hands and they injected me.”
She told NAM she was later transported to the military base alongside other attackers.
One of them detonated her bomb-laden vest but only killed hersel, the other, she said, was shot dead by the military, NAM reports.
She said she then removed her suicide vest and surrendered
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