The
Nige ia s
we e
abducted
o
Feb
3
whe
jihadi
milita ts
sto med
the
village
of
Wo o,
killi g
ove
160
othe s.
Some
of
the
163
kid apped
Nige ia s
escued
f om
jihadi
captivity
have
spoke
of
the
suffe i g
a d
fea
they
lived
i
fo
six
mo ths.
The
f eed
captives,
mostly
wome
a d
child e ,
we e
amo g
ove
300
kid ap
victims
f eed
by
Nige ia
fo ces
this
week.
They
we e
ha ded
ove
to
the
autho ities
by
secu ity
fo ces
i
Ilo i ,
the
capital
of
Kwa a
state,
o
F iday
fo
medical
atte tio
a d
outi e
checks,
a d
we e
a ticipati g
thei
etu
home
to
eu ite
with
thei
families.Ma y
Ishaya
ecalled
days
without
food,
a d
bei g
asked
alo gside
othe s
to
bu y
othe
hostages
who
died
i
captivity.
The
44-yea -old,
who
had
eve
touched
a
dead
body,
said:
“I
still
ca ot
fi d
the
ight
wo ds
to
desc ibe
what
has
happe ed
to
us.
We
saw
death
a d
suffe i g.”The
Nige ia s
we e
abducted
o
Feb
3
whe
jihadi
milita ts
sto med
the
village
of
Wo o,
killi g
ove
160
othe s.
I
the
hospital
whe e
they
we e
eceivi g
medical
atte tio ,
the
f eed
captives
looked
emaciated
with
ma y
layi g
o
the
floo ,
ba ely
able
to
sta d,
while
othe s
had
i ju ies
a d
emotio al
sca s
f om
thei
o deal.
Some
of
the
wome
we e
i fo med
that
thei
husba ds
had
bee
amo g
those
killed
i
the
Feb
attack.
Some
said
they
had
give
up
o
a y
hope
of
etu i g
home.
Othe s
ecou ted
people
falli g
sick,
bei g
beate
by
the
ai ,
a d
told
to
hide
whe eve
Nige ia
milita y
helicopte s
flew
ove
the
fo est
hideouts
whe e
the
capto s
held
them.The
US
is
p ovidi g
milita y
suppo t
to
Nige ia
u de
a
ag eeme t
it
says
aims
to
p otect
Nige ia
Ch istia s,
though
much
of
that
suppo t
is
est icted
to
logistics
a d
i tellige ce-gathe i g.
