We Had No Food For 40 Days While In The Bush - 21 Released Chibok Girls
The 21 freed Chibok Girls in Abuja on Sunday revealed that while in captivity they were once starved food for “one month and 10 days’’ by the Boko Haram insurgents.The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, and Minister of Women Affairs, Hajiya Jummai Alhassan, where in attence in the service.
One of the rescued girls, Ms Gloria Dame disclosed this while testifying on behalf of the other 20 girls at a thanks giving service organised for them at a DSS health facility in Abuja.The girl, speaking in Hausa language, affirmed their survival in captivity was the work of God.
In her words: “I did not know that a day like this will come that we will be dancing and giving thanks to God among people.
“For one month and 10 days we stayed without food. I narrowly escaped bomb blast in the forest.
“We are praying to God to touch the heart of Boko Haram insurgents to repent and we are calling on Nigerians to pray and fast for the release of our remaining ones in captivity,’’.
