How I escaped Boko Haram’s suicide mission- ”female bomber”

 Khadijah Ibrahim, a woman abducted from Maiduguri and subsequently taken to Kano to bomb the famous Kantin Kwari textile market in the state, has explained how she escaped from her captors.

 Khadijah, a mother of three, narrated her ordeal at the Kano State Government House on Sunday when the state commissioner of police took her to the Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje.

 She said: “I was standing at a bus stop in Maiduguri waiting for a bus to take me to hospital when my abductors arrived in a car and offered me a lift. I met another woman in the car, but shortly after I settled in the car, I lost my consciousness and I did not gain my consciousness until when the car in which we were travelling developed technical problem in Kano.

 “While they were trying to fix the car, I overheard one of my abductors seeking permission from his colleague if he could administer injection on the two of us, but the other guy said he should leave it until we reach Kano city. I woke up to realize that I was stripped of my clothes and strapped with explosive belt.

 “I also noticed that the car was not the first car in which I was taken and the lady sitting by side was not the woman I met in the first car. The woman I met in the other car was older than the lady sitting beside me in the second car. One of my abductors told me that I was going to launch an attack on Kantin Kwari market. He said it was  God’s mission and it is better for me to it.”

 She added that the guy that was guarding them in the car urged the driver to quickly fix the car so that they could reach the destination in time, but the driver said he could not be able to fix it, hence, he invited the other guy to come and check.

 She said it was while they were trying to fix the car that she removed the explosive belt and jumped out of the car and started running for dear life.

 “I was just running. I don’t know anywhere in Kano because I have never been to the state before. The two guys  threatened to deal with me if I did not stop, but I ignored them and continued running. Finally, they abandoned me and went back to the other girl that I left in the car so that they could stop her from escape.

 “I later met a Good Samaritan after spending some minutes roaming within a cosmopolitan area. The man stopped me and started asking me some questions. Initially, I did not trust him but after sometimes the man convinced me and assured me that I was in a safe hand.”

Khadijah said the man took her to the police station located in the same area after which she was conveyed to police command same night.