A rescued teacher has disclosed that he and other abd¥ctees had already been released by the t+rrorists before they eventually encountered government rescue officials.
Speaking during a call session with Nigeria Info FM on Saturday, the teacher recounted how he became the last person to leave the t+rrorists’ camp after an anchor became locked to his hand when it broke.
“When they released us, everybody had gone… One of them said maybe they should cut off my hand. The other said, ‘No, they should not cut off his hand. We will look for a way to remove the anchor.’”
He said the t+rrorists eventually found a small rope and freed his hand, allowing him to leave the camp. As he tried to catch up with the others, the t+rrorist commander suddenly called him back at gunpoint.
According to him, the commander instead directed him on the route to follow out of the bush, and another teacher accompanied him as they fled.
The group trekked for about 45 minutes to an hour before reaching motorcycles that took them to a nearby village. However, the riders stopped about an hour and 30 minutes away, forcing the principal, vice principal, teachers, students and pupils to continue the journey on foot.
“We trekked for one hour 30 minutes before we got to where the government came to rescue us.”
His account suggests the victims had already been released by the t+rrorists and had made their way out of the forest before eventually meeting government officials who received them. In his words, “We Had Already Been Released Before the Soldiers Came”
