How I Escaped From Boko Haram Camp — Chibok Schoolgirl

Hauwa Joseph, one of the Chibok schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram, has recounted how she made her escape from their camp.

According to Hauwa, her escape was facilitated by a massive incursion of the troops of the Nigerian Army into the location on June 12.

While sharing her ordeal with newsmen in Maiduguri, Borno State, at a news conference held at the Command and Control Centre, Maimalari Cantonment, she disclosed that it all happened when the terrorists were running for safety as military troops advanced.

Hauwa said she took a different route to escape her captors.

Hauwa Joseph

"On my way, I met with some of the insurgents who asked me where I was going, but I tricked them by telling them that I was following some women to hide in the nearby forest.

"I slept under a tree with my child, then proceeded the next day until I arrived at the road where I approached a military checkpoint.

"Initially, they thought I was a suicide bomber, but when I explained myself, they took me along with them."

Hauwa further revealed that she was married to Amir Abbah, one of the Boko Haram’s Commanders at Gazuwa camp, who was later killed during one of the encounters with the troops of the Nigerian military.

She expressed gratitude to the military for helping her, adding that she hoped the girls still in captivity would be rescued.