Amnesty International has said that militant Islamic sect, Boko Haram, has abducted at least 2,000 women in Nigeria since the start of 2014.
In a report titled, “Our job is to shoot, slaughter and kill’: Boko Haram’s reign of terror.” issued on the first anniversary of the abduction of the over 200 Chibok schoolgirls on April 14, 2014.
AI’s Secretary General, Salil Shetty , said, “The evidence presented in this shocking report, one year after the horrific abduction of the Chibok girls, underlines the scale and depravity of Boko Haram’s methods.
“Men and women, boys and girls, Christians and Muslims, have been killed, abducted and brutalised by Boko Haram during a reign of terror which has affected millions.
“Recent military successes might spell the beginning of the end for Boko Haram, but there is a huge amount to be done to protect civilians, resolve the humanitarian crisis and begin the healing process.”
The report highlights how Boko Haram moves the abducted girls and women from houses in towns and villages and indoctrinates them with their version of Islam in preparation for marriage.
Aisha, an escaped abducted girl narrating her experience in the report said They used to train girls on how to shoot guns. I was among the girls trained to shoot. I was also trained on how to use bombs and how to attack a village.
“The training went on for three weeks after we arrived. Then they started sending some of us to operations. I went on one operation to my own village.
“Some of them refused to convert. Some refused to learn how to kill others. They were buried in a mass grave in the bush. They’ll just pack the dead bodies and dump them in a big hole, but not deep enough. I didn’t see the hole, but we used to smell the dead bodies when they start getting rotten.”
Amnesty International documented at least 300 raids carried out by Boko Haram against civilians.