Abuja

One of the Chibok girls kidnapped by the
Boko Haram terrorists, Rebecca Ishaku,
who luckily escaped from their abductors,
on Tuesday narrated her ordeals and
escape.
Ishaku, who was part of the Chibok girl-
ambassadors who participated in the
protest for the release of other girls still in
captivity, said some of her friends were not
as courageous and lucky as she was.
She also said that her friends attempted to
dissuade her from making the escape
move, but said she was resolute on not
following the abductors.
"I prayed first, second and third time, and I
told my friend that we should attempt to
jump out of the vehicle, but they were
afraid and were just crying, I was also
afraid, I just had an operation about one
month before the day.
"My friends said I should not jump out of
the vehicle because of my health, but I told
them truly and truly, I would not follow
these people. That was how I jumped out
of the vehicle and God helped me," she said.
Ishaku recalled some of her colleagues who
couldn't summon the courage to escape as
Saratu Tarji, Hauwa Mutah, Yohanna Joshua,
Christiana Alli, Margaret Shettima, Hauwa
Musa and prayed for their safety even as
their whereabouts remained unknown.
Meanwhile, the Kibaku Area Development
Association (KADA), has said that the Chibok
community was attacked six times after the
abduction of the school girls.
KADA in a statement signed by its National
Secretary, Battah Ndiripaya, noted that
some of the parents and guardians of the
abducted girls were killed during the
attacks.
"After the abduction, Chibok area was
attacked six times, with resultant high
casualties, including 11 of the parents and
guardians of the abducted girls. The people
of Chibok are today haunted, displaced,
traumatised and living in agony as
refugees."
Ndiripaya also said that terrorism had
cripples economic activities in the
community, saying the people can no
longer farm as the insurgents had taken
away or killed their livestock.
"There is also a looming famine in Chibok
(Kibaku) community and environs, as a
result of the terrorism, which has virtually
crippled farming activities, wanton
destruction of foodstuffs and livestock
were perpetrated by the insurgents," he
said.
He said despite the gloomy picture of what
is happening in "our community, we are
still hopeful that our girls will come back
alive."
Amazus Become First Nigerians to Reach
North Pole
•Raise awareness for abducted girls
Following in the footsteps of great
explorers and adventurers, the Amazu
family reached the Geographic North Pole to
launch their philanthropic foundation
Challenge 100 and to remember the
abducted Chibok girls.
In doing so Og and Joy Amazu, along with
their young daughters, Aimee and Monica,
also became the first Nigerians to reach the
North Pole.
The family travelled to the Geographic North
Pole from Barneo yesterday, where the
parents skydived from 10,000 feet onto the
ice, with Og then diving under the icecap to
walk upside down on the actual site of the
Geographic North Pole.
Founded by Og and Joy Amazu, Challenge
100 is a foundation set up by the family,
based on the three pillars of
entrepreneurialism, philanthropy and
family, with the aim of inspiring charitable
acts in others.
"We are delighted to reach the North Pole
and become the first Nigerians to do so.
Raising awareness of Challenge 100 and
launching the foundation is our goal today
and this really is the first step on our
journey.
"However it is poignant that we achieve
this a year since the tragic events in Chibok
and we remember all those that are still
effected by that tragedy.
"We have spent the last few years doing
our due diligence on Challenge 100 and
laying the foundations. The trip to the Artic
is really our official launch of Challenge
100."
It was previously thought that Tee Morgan
was the first Nigerian to reach the North
Pole. However she had only visited the
North Pole Ice Camp, a distance of 25 miles
from the actual North Pole, electing not to
travel with the rest of the marathon
runners to complete the journey to the
Geographic North Pole.
The Amazu family however travelled the
extra 25 miles and was delighted to be the
first Nigerians to achieve the accolade of
reaching the North Pole.
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