Amina said she ran for her life when she realized the Boko Haram men who were calling her were not soldiers.
Following the recent abduction of over 100 students from Government Girls’ Science Technical College, Dapchi, in Yobe, a 15-yr-old student of the school, Amina Mallam Usman has explained how she escaped from being kidnapped by Boko Haram.
In an interview with The Nation, Amina described her escape as miraculous, ascribing the escape to the grace of God.
Narrating how she escaped, Amina said, “When Boko Haram came to our school, we thought they were soldiers because they dressed like soldiers.
“We ran, and then one of them called us. One of them asked me to come to the car.
“I got close to the car, and then one of them started laughing at me.
“I moved closer to them, thinking they were soldiers.
“I soon realized that they were not soldiers. As I made to run away, one of them tried to grab me. I dodged him but he got my hijab. I quickly removed my hijab and left him with it and ran away. I thought I was dead.
“They entered our hostel again, but some of us ran into the bush. I ran up to five kilometres and hid in one Fulani settlement called Miligia.
Boko Haram abducts over 100 female students in Yobe school
Boko Haram members invaded the Government Girls’ Science Technical College, Dapchi, in Yobe and abducted over 100 students on Monday, February 19, 2018.