{"id":15863,"date":"2016-06-22T07:18:28","date_gmt":"2016-06-22T07:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/?p=15863"},"modified":"2016-06-22T07:18:28","modified_gmt":"2016-06-22T07:18:28","slug":"nigeria-escaped-girl-tells-her-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2016\/06\/22\/nigeria-escaped-girl-tells-her-story\/","title":{"rendered":"NIGERIA &#8211; Escaped girl tells her story"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>NIGERIA &#8211; Escaped girl tells her story<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A girl called Sa\u2019a \u00a0who managed to escape her abductors recalls what happened that night when Boko Haram attacked the Chibok school two years ago. \u201cThey were all shooting guns and yelling \u2018Allahu Akbar\u2019,\u201d she said. They burned the school and forced the captive girls into trucks.<\/p>\n<p>Sa\u2019a and her friend escaped by jumping out of the truck and hiding in the woods. Her friend injured her leg falling from the truck and told Sa\u2019a to run away\u00a0 without her but Sa\u2019a responded \u201cIf we are going to die, we are going to die together. I\u2019m not going to leave you here.\u201d Through the help of a Fulani herdsman, both girls eventually made their way back home.<\/p>\n<p>Sa\u2019a now attends college in the United States but was at first frightened to go back to school, even in another country: \u00a0\u201cI felt like if I go to school again, they will kidnap us wherever we are.\u201d The Boko Haram attack was the second school attack she had suffered, and her captors had threatened the girls, saying that they should be married and not at school. Encouraged by her brother and friends not to let her horrific experience hinder her further education, Sa\u2019a started college this year through the <em>Education Must Continue<\/em> Initiative.<\/p>\n<p>Recently Sa\u2019a spoke before members of Congress on Capitol Hill. Addressing the US House Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations, Sa\u2019a said she dreamed of \u201ca Nigeria where girls like me are not made into suicide bombers, and little boys are not routinely stolen and turned into terrorists. A Nigeria where (if) even the worst happens and children are stolen, every effort is made for their swift rescue, and those who can help, help, and those who can help can speak for those who cannot speak for themselves.\u201d She concluded her testimony by saying \u201cI dream and pray for freedom, safety, and peace to win in Nigeria.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While in the US, \u00a0Sa\u2019a heard about Patrick Henry\u2019s famous 1775 \u201cGive me liberty or give me death\u201d speech, which she identified with because \u201cI realized that was exactly how I felt when I had to decide about jumping out of the truck to escape from Boko Haram.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When a video thought to have been recorded last December showing 15 of her missing schoolmates was recently made public, Sa\u2019a said she \u201ccried with tears of joy, thanking God for their lives. Seeing them has given me courage to tell the world that we should not lose hope.\u201d She is \u201calways in touch\u201d with her family back in Nigeria and with some of her schoolmates who also escaped from Boko Haram.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>ACN Malta<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NIGERIA &#8211; Escaped girl tells her story &nbsp; A girl called Sa\u2019a \u00a0who managed to escape her abductors recalls what happened that night when Boko Haram attacked the Chibok school two years ago. \u201cThey were all shooting guns and yelling \u2018Allahu Akbar\u2019,\u201d she said. 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