Mary Nkeki, a 27-year-old Chibok girl who was recently rescued by the Nigerian Army, has asked to be reunited with her husband, a repentant Boko Haram member named Mallam Adamu.
Nkeki was abducted alongside over 182 students from the Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, by Boko Haram insurgents in 2014.
She was rescued by troops of the 81st Nigerian Army Battalion in Dikwa, a border community with Cameroon. She was handed over to the Borno State Commissioner of Women Affairs, Zuwaira Gambo, at the Maimalari Cantonment, Maiduguri, on Monday, August 21.
According to the Theatre Commander OPHK, Maj-Gen. Gold Chibuisi, “Mary was rescued by our troops, while one Adamu and her husband surrendered to the Army last week in the border areas of Cameroon.”
Nkeki said she had two babies with her husband, but they died of severe acute malnutrition in the Gulumba Forest of Bama local council.
She stated that despite her rescue, she wanted to be reunited with her husband, Adamu, who had already surrendered last week in Dikwa.
“As for marriage, my husband is still alive, and I am still in love with him. I don’t know whether he is still in Dikwa or they brought him to Maiduguri, but I will love to be reunited with him if it is possible,” she said.
Mary’s rescue brings the total number of rescued Chibok school girls in 2023 to 16.
