Mother of 3 narrates how Boko Haram members kidnapped & tried to use her for a suicide attack in Kano

A mother of three who was kidnapped by Boko Haram members and
forced to strap a bomb around her, has narrated her ordeal after
she was rescued by military officers. The woman Khadija Ibrahim,
said she was on her way to a hospital when she abducted by some
members of the sect in Maiduguri, Borno state.

Addressing reporters at the Kano state Government House
yesterday May 22nd, the woman said she managed to escape after
the vehicle in which she was being conveyed developed fault.
“On our arrival in Kano, the vehicle (in which she was
conveyed) developed a problem I gained my consciousness
and found that my body was strapped with explosive belt. It
is in the course of repairing the car that I learnt the
kidnappers have stripped me of my cloth and explosive
devices were strapped on me.”

According to the woman, the kidnappers told her she was billed to
go to the famous Kantin Kwari market in Kano to blow the market as
part of "God's work".

She said she summoned courage and eventually ran away before
security men rescued her around 11pm and took her to Hotoro
police station in Kano.

Speaking on the incident, the Kano state police commissioner,
Abbati Dikko, urged the residents to be security conscious and
report suspicious movements to the police.