According to one of the freed Boko Haram hostages, Mbutu Papka, 56, the over 200 Chibok schoolgirls who are still missing, are being held in Gwoza. In a new report by Cable on Wednesday, Papka, who was abducted with many other women, but regained her freedom after eight months revealed that the girls are in Gwoza.
She said she was moved from an inhabitable condition in Mdita to a better facility in Gwoza, and that was when she knew the girls were being held in Gwoza.
“In the camp at Gwoza, there were clear demarcations between where people were kept. The Chibok girls, other captives and Boko Haram members and their family members all had their separate areas secured, though the security in the area where the girls are kept is visibly different and much tighter. When we got to Gwoza, things changed because there were facilities there and the place was 10 times better than Mdita. We had a normal life in Gwoza, except the trauma of living in captivity. Whatever we wanted to eat, they were provided. They would bring water, firewood, etc., and leave them outside. They even provided perfume for anyone who requested for it.”
Papka said they were initially taken to Mdita, close Sambisa Forest, added that they were not allowed to go near the facility housing the girls. She said that many people died in Mdita before they were moved to Gwoza.
“There was a Redeemed Christian Church of God pastor who was killed during the attack on our village, and his wife was abducted with us. She died at Mdita due to the condition of the place and the death of her husband,” she said.She claimed she and the other women were not raped nor assaulted, but added that she can't say the same of the schoolgirls. According to her, the insurgents, lived there with their wives and kids.
Papka said her family paid N8,000 to Boko Haram after she was released on March 15. She said they drove her and a sick two-year-old boy who had been crying uncontrollably on a motorcycle.
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