SAN FRANCISCO, May 17, (THEWILL) – It has been revealed that none of the 82 recently released Chibok girls was raped by their captors, the Boko Haram insurgents.
This was disclosed by the man who brokered the deal that led to their release, 57-year-old Zannah Mustapha, lawyer and founder of the Future Prowess Islamic Foundation.
According to Novelist and writer Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani in a report by bbc.com, Mustapha recounted how the breakthrough was accomplished.
Mustapha revealed that the process involved the lining up of the women, while one of the insurgents, pointing at each one, asked the same question at the beginning of May when 82 more women were released.
“One of about seven Boko Haram militants, who accompanied them, went from woman to woman asking: ‘Throughout the time you were with us, did anyone rape you or touch you?’” Mr Mustapha said, adding that each of them replied in the negative.
“None of the second batch of 82 captives came with a child.
“But one had an amputated limb and was walking with crutches, an injury she sustained, according to what Mr Mustapha was told, during Nigerian military air strikes against Boko Haram.”
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