How I almost became a Boko Haram suicide bomber
Tuesday, March 22, 2016
Hauwa, not her real name, doesn't know her age, but she looks 17 or 18.She had been held by Boko Haram for more than a year when her captors suggested the plan to attack the Dikwa camp.In return for carrying out their mission, the three girls were told they would go to paradise.But Hauwa knew that she had to defy them.'Spiritual problems'"I said 'No', since my mum is residing in Dikwa, I won't go and kill people there.
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