Chibok girl kidnapped by Boko Haram found pregnant and traumatized, uncle says

[muriel_volestrangler]

Source: Toronto Star/AP

Soldiers have found one of the girls kidnapped by Boko Haram from a boarding school in Chibok town, her uncle said Wednesday, describing her as pregnant and traumatized but otherwise fine.

Amina Ali Nkeki is the first of the 219 Chibok girls to be freed since the mass abduction that grabbed attention around the world more than two years ago.

She was found wandering in the forest, uncle Yakubu Nkeki said. He said the 19-year-old — she was 17 when she was abducted — was brought to Chibok Tuesday night for her identity to be verified and to be reunited with her mother. Her father died while she was held captive, he said.
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Other Chibok girls may also have been rescued by soldiers hunting down Boko Haram in the remote northeastern Sambisa Forest on Tuesday night, said Chibok community leader Pogu Bitrus. He said he is working with officials to establish their identities.

Read more: https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2016/05/18/chibok-girl-kidnapped-by-boko-haram-found-pregnant-and-traumatized-uncle-says.html

[leftynyc]

1. Thankfully she got away

and she's now with her family. These young women will never be the same - they will never be able to forget what these vermin did to them.

[AllyCat]

2. Otherwise fine??? Pregnant and traumatized, but hey, she's fine...

Jeez. That is hardly fine. Glad they found her, but she is not a "girl" at 19.

These criminals need to be brought to justice. The continued hate and violence against women has to stop.

[Nitram]

3. Pregnant and traumatized but "otherwise fine?????"

That is a really dumb statement. Girls who are impregnated outside of marriage are ostracized from society. their lives are ruined.

[muriel_volestrangler]

4. No, it's not dumb. Boko Haram are violent people

who could well injure someone, as well as kill them. If her uncle isn't ostracizing her, then that's a good start.

[Nitram]

6. It is seriously dumb. She is not "otherwise fine" by any means.

Yes, it sounds like her uncle might help her. But what she has left will be a job as an unpaid housekeeper for her uncle. do some research. I've lived there.

[muriel_volestrangler]

8. Fine - you've made a start on the misery by insulting her family, then

I'm sure the way to get her accepted is to be rude about her family, eh?

[Nitram]

9. Give me a break. #1 My comment will in no way affect her or her family.

Stop being absurd. #2 I am just sharing my knowledge of the culture. If you know otherwise, please enlighten me. If a woman in that society gets pregnant outside of marriage she will never be married. If she is never married, she can hope for no higher status than family servant.

[muriel_volestrangler]

10. Look, if you want to stereotype her family as uncaring and dumb

then do it. It just makes you look crappy. You're telling her uncle that when his niece came back, he ought to have wailed that his culture is everything that outsiders say it is and she'll be rejected forever, whatever the actual situation is.

[Nitram]

14. Now you're putting words in my mouth. I repeat: they are not fine "otherwise."

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/chibok-girls-boko-haram-nigeria-harassment/

http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/11/africa/boko-haram-pregnant-victim/

http://time.com/3510365/nigeria-kidnapped-girls/

[milestogo]

15. Please enlighten us on your knowledge of Nigerian culture

What ethnic group is this girl from? What are the marriage practices?

[Nitram]

16. Hi miles. Check the links in my last post.

Enlightenment might take a bit longer.

[LeftishBrit]

11. 'Otherwise fine' - in comparison with what Boko Haram has done to many others

She's not at all fine, but she did get away with her life.

And her uncle seems to be supporting her.

[secondwind]

5. She's not pregnant, she already had the baby.. was wandering the forest with baby

[muriel_volestrangler]

7. More than one source said "pregnant" was what the uncle said

If someone said "with a baby", it's possible they meant "pregnant with a baby". There has been enough time for her to have a baby and then be pregnant again.

[LeftishBrit]

12. Terribly sad; at least she has now been freed.

[TipTok]

13. To go live life as a single mother in Nigeria under Islamic law...

I'm sure she's thrilled...