A teenage girl who was married to a Boko Haram commander after she was abducted by the Islamic sect but was later freed from captivity by the army is craving for her ‘husband’ whom she bore a child for.
The 16-year-old Zara John(file image) who was given away in marriage to Ali, a Boko Haram commander two months after her abduction in February 2014, and was impregnated by him, was delivered of a baby boy named Usman in the IDP Camp.
Recalling fond memories of the father of her child in an interview she granted Aljazeera, Zara said: “After I became a commander’s wife, I had freedom. I slept any time I wanted, I woke up any time I wanted.
“He bought me food and clothes and gave me everything that a woman needs from a man.” She added that he also gave her a mobile phone with his number in it, and tattooed his name on her stomach to mark her as a Boko Haram wife.
“I wanted to give birth to my child so that I could have someone to replace his father, since I cannot reconnect with him again.
“If I had my way, I would retrieve the phone number he gave me,” she said, regretting not committing his number to memory.
