
From Tom Garba, Yola
A 19-year-old girl who identified herself as Mumina Alhaji Hamidu has ben rescued by the Adamawa Command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corp (NSCDC) from the captivity of Boko Haram insurgents.
Hamidu said she was abducted by the insurgents over three years ago from Mubi town and forcefully married to one of her abductors by name Abubakar Banakura. She is now nursing an eight-month-old baby boy which she gave birth to in Sambisa Forest.
Speaking with reporters in Yola on Friday, the Commandant of the Corp, Aliyu Ndanusa said the victim was rescued through an intelligence report by the command personne and was brought to state headquarters.
He said the Command has spread its personnel across the 21 local governments in the state to ensure peace and security.
“Our personnel operation in Mubi recused her on the 8th of this month, she was abducted by Boko Haram terrorist in Mubi in October 2014, but managed to escape from Sambisa to Cameroun, she was rescued on her way to Mubi by personnel of the corps and brought to Yola the state headquarters”, he stated.
Ndanusa said the Corps was trying to rehabilitate the girl from psychological trauma she has passed through in the hands of the insurgents, as well as integrate her into the society .
The Commandant therefore appealed to governments and spirited individuals to come to the aid of the girl and her baby saying the victim would be reunited with her families as soon she is rehabilitated
Ndanusa said the rescue of the victim brought to three the number of persons rescued by the command from January to date.
Mumina, who hails from Kasuwar Borkuno in Mubi-South local government, she was encouraged to escape through Cameroun border by her friend whose name she gave as Aisha.
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