A teenager in Kurebe community of Niger State has defied her waters advise and gone on to wed a Boko Haram fighter.
Reports say that 17-year-old Zainab Abu wedded the terrorist in October after the insurgents settled in the community.
Speaking on the incident to Foundation for Investigative Journalism, a resident narrated how the terrorists invaded the community after the evacuation of military personnel about 3 months earlier.
He added that the terrorists assembled Kurebe residents and instructed them to marry off all young girls failing which they will force them to marry the insurgents.
Unfortunately, Zainab defied her father’s orders preferring to get married to a terrorist.
The decision of the teenage girl to marry a Boko Haram terrorist got the elders of the village worried.
An elder in the village said “They have been preaching against us since last month.
“They denounce us before our children, instilling in them weird Islamic ideologies.”
Another resident said, “Why the military formation was withdrawn remains unknown to us. We were only told they would be replaced at the time they were being evacuated.
“The father pleaded with her, but she would not listen. Just last month, her terrorist suitor came with his cohorts, seeking her hand in marriage. She accepted with her mother’s support.”
One of the community leaders said, “We are scared she might lure other girls into an unholy marriage with other members of the group.”
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