A 21-year-old Kaduna train attack victim, Azurfa Lois John who was recently freed after spending 191 days in custody, has explained how a terrorist commander proposed to her.
The Kaduna State University undergraduate revealed that she rejected the terrorist commander’s proposal to marry her.
John spoke with newsmen during an interview session in Kaduna.
While denying having any romance with the Commander, she insisted that he proposed marriage but she turned the offer down.
She said:
“Yes, it is true that one of the terrorist commanders picked and proposed to marry me but it was just an offer and I rejected it.
“I was not the only one the terrorists offered to marry. They would just ask you, I want to marry you, I want to keep you and I want you to change your religion and convert to my religion. So, it is left for you to either agree or reject.”
Recalling the incident, she said:
“From the scene of the attack, I saw that the train just derailed, the terrorists entered the train, they started shooting sporadically and they asked us to go out. Then, the men were tied up, they collected our phones.
“We walked a distance that night before bikes came. Then, they took us to where we spent that night. We journeyed for four days before we got to where they dropped us, which is their main camp. We were there doing nothing, every day was just like the repetition of the previous day.”
On how they were fed and treated by their captors, Azurfa said:
“We cook in the morning and in the evening, so we eat twice a day.”
In the end, the victim stated that the terrorists bring medical doctors into the camp to treat sick abductees.
“Anytime we are sick, they bring drugs. The terrorists have medical doctors who come around to give medical care.”
