Boko Haram Raping Women, Enslaving Locals In Baga—Escapee
A woman who escaped from Baga, a town in Borno State that recently fell
under the control of Islamist terrorists Boko Haram, has told the BBC
that the insurgent fighters are indiscriminately raping girls and
middle-aged women trapped in the besieged town. Boko Haram militants
overran Baga after sacking a multi-national military base that had the
task of defending the town. It is believed that the Islamist fighters
may have killed as many as 2000 residents. In one of the most intimate
and chilling accounts of the state of affairs in the captured town,
the escaped woman told a BBC Hausa service, monitored by our
correspondent in Maiduguri, that Boko Haram fighters were engaged in
incessant acts of rape. She also disclosed that the violent militants
had instituted corporal punishment of residents as well as the
enslavement of some of their victims. The woman revealed that the
militants were forcing women to partake in the burial of corpses that
littered the town in the wake of the onslaught against it. In addition,
the Boko Haram fighters were looting abandoned homes and shops in search
of food. “The Boko Haram fighters are controlling Baga, Doron Baga,
Mile 3 and Mile 4. They are raping our daughters and punishing our
people,” the woman said. She added: “They broke shops and hauled away
foodstuff. They are burning houses. They don’t allow women to come out
of the houses that are left. And they are forcing women to carry out
burials.’’ The escapee also stated that the fighters preach Islamic
tenets each morning and evening.
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