Rescued Chibok girl seeks reunion with Boko Haram husband

Mary Nkeki, a 27-year-old Chibok girl who Nigerian Army troops rescued on Monday, August 14, 2023, has sought to be reunited with Adam, who she says is a repentant Boko Haram member.

Nkeki, rescued by troops of the 81 Task Force Battalion at Dikwa during an operation into the terrorists’ enclave, disclosed that she was married to Adam while in captivity.

The Theatre Commander, Operation Hadin Kai, Maj. Gen. Gold Chibuisi said Nkeki was number 55 on the list of over 200 Chibok schoolgirls Boko Haram abducted in 2014.

He said, “While in captivity, she was forcefully married to one Adam, a Boko Haram terrorist.

“Since her rescue, she has undergone thorough medical examination in our medical facility. Equally, she has been adequately resuscitated and will be handed over to Borno State.”

After being handed over to the Borno State Ministry for Women Affairs, Nkeki disclosed that she gave birth to two girls for Adam. When asked if she would get married, the kidnap victim stated, ‘’I already have a husband. I am married to Adam. We fled from captivity together.’’

She further said they both repented from insurgency and fled the terrorists' enclave at the Dikwa axis and reached a point where the troops rescued both of them.

Noting that she was separated from Adam, who it was later gathered was taken to the repentant insurgents’ camp, following their rescue, Nkeki said she would love to be with him again.

Nkeki was among the 276 Chibok girls that were kidnapped from their secondary school in Chibok, Borno State, in 2014 during former President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration. More than half of the girls were later rescued with scores of them still unaccounted for.