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Hajia Maimuna Ajah, the mother of Aisha Muhammad Ajah, 15, who was forcefully taken away by elements of Boko Haram terriorists on August 9, in Kirawa, a border community in Borno State has expressed grave worries over the daughter’s condition in terriorists captivity.
Our investigations revealed that the kidnapped girl has spent almost three months in the captivity of the terrorists yet with no trace of her whereabouts, reports The PUNCH.
In an interview with our correspondent on Sunday, the mother lamented that her daughter’s abduction had plunged the family into emotional distress.
It was earlier reported that terriorists raided Kirawa in Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State and displaced thousands of residents into neibouring Cameroon villages.
Two days after the attack, the Chairman, Kirawa Development Association Yakubu Mabba Ali Kirawa told our Correspondent that while the reign of terror lasted, the terrorists burnt down houses, shops, and vehicles.
He said, “On Saturday, around 9:30 pm, the Boko Haram went to the town. While in the town, they exchanged fire with the Multi Joint Task Force there. After the attack, they abducted a girl, her name is Aisha Muhammad Aja, and they also burnt houses, vehicles, and shops.”
In the interview with Maimuna Ajah three months after the incident, she confirmed that the daughter was whisked away in her presence.
She said, “My daughter is a 15-year-old as at the time she was abducted right in my front. She was taken away the day they attacked our community.”
She continued, “Some of the terriorists entered into our home during the attack while others were on gun battle with the Civilian Joint Task Force. That night, they took two of my daughters, but one of them has returned while Aisha is still in their custody since the day of the attack.”
However, she noted that ever since the abduction, nothing has been heard of her whereabouts, while calling for the government’s intervention
“Till this moment, I have not heard any news about her whereabouts. I am living in distress,” she said in tears
Further narrating her loss and suffering as a result of the absence of the kidnapped girl, Maimuna stressed, “when Aisha was with us, she was the one who helps us to sell alele (moi moi) which was our major source of lively hood.
“It is from the profit of the alele sales that we take to buy her clothes and those of her other siblings.
“Since her abduction, life has been very difficult for us,” she lamented.
“We need the government to please come to our aid. I want to see my daughter again. Living without her has been emotionally draining for me,” she appealed to the relevant security forces for assistance to secure the release of the girl.
On his part, Aisha’s stepfather, Abba Ado, who equally said he witnessed the abduction incident called on the military authority to expedite action in rescuing their daughter as exemplified in the recent successful operations
He said, “I heard that 12 girls kidnapped from Askira-Uba were rescued just a week after they were abducted. I was happy and at the same time broken because my own daughter is still missing after over a month,” he cried.
The obviously dejected father added that “since the government has been at the forefront of rescuing people, they should not forget my daughter. If not for anything, I want to know if she is still alive or not. I just need to hear something about her.”
On August 16, the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum appealed to the military to expedite efforts for her release from captivity.
