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An aid worker from Plateau State, Miss Jennifer Ukambong, who was released on Thursday after staying nearly one month in Boko Haram captivity, said Leah Sharibu lives somewhere close to Lake Chad
The 22-year-old nurse who returned to Jos on Sunday amidst celebration by parents, well-wishers and fellow nurses who gathered at her residence in Bukuru also said although the terrorists were ruthless, they were somehow kind to her and her fellow abductees.
She said: “They ( Boko Haram) told us it was against the Qur’an to forcefully touch a woman not legally married to you.
“They, however, tried to prepare our minds to expect such should they decide to keep us as slaves.
“According to them, the Qur’an gives them the right to such privileges when they take a hostage as slave.”
Ukambong also said Mrs Alice Ngaddah, Miss Grace Taku and Leah Sharibu who were abducted at various times by the terrorists were all “doing fine in the forest.”
Ngaddah, a United Nations Children Emergency Fund(UNICEF) medical worker, was abducted in 2018 by Boko Haram in Rann community in Borno State.
“Alice, in fact, told us that she (Leah Sharibu) is fatter than she was when she was abducted. We went to her house (in the forest) twice.
“Yes, she (Sharibu) has a house there. I don’t know the location but they say it is close to Lake Chad.
“She told us to pray for her and the other two, that she has left everything to God,” Ukambong said.
Ukambong also disclosed that Alice’s name had been changed to Halima by the terrorists.