Girls kidnapped by Boko Haram eight years ago are now widowed mothers

Meninas sequestradas pelo Boko Haram há oito anos já são mães-viúvas

The Nigerian military announced on Tuesday the rescue of two girls kidnapped by Boko Haram Islamic extremists in 2014. These girls, who at the time one was nine years old and the other 18 years old, were found in separate locations. They are part of a group of 276 students from a girls' high school in Chibok who were abducted in Abri of 2014.

The underage girl, now 17, is already the mother of a one year and two month old baby. The child's father is one of the terrorists killed in one of the rescue operations alongside his father, the girl's father-in-law.

"I got married a little while ago and had this filth," Hauwa Joseph told reporters at a headquarters.

Mary Dauda, who was found in a village bordering Cameroon, was made the wife of countless men.

She decided to run away. She told the man she was living with that she intended to visit another young woman from Chibok in a nearby village. With the help of an elderly man who lived there, Dauda walked for several hours until she encountered government forces.

Although it is not known if she had children, she told that several girls were forced into marriage and today many are mothers.

"All the remaining girls from Chibok were married and have children. I left more than 20 of them in Sambisa," he said. "I am so happy to be back."

Major General Christopher Musa, military commander in the region, said that the girls were found on June 12 and 14 in two different locations.

"We are very lucky that we were able to get two of the girls back from Chibok," Musa said.

Of the 276 schoolgirls kidnapped, 57 managed to escape by jumping out of vehicles shortly after the crime and another 80 were released in an exchange for imprisoned Boko Haram commanders after negotiations with the government.

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