Halima Falmata, a woman from Dikua in Borno State, gave an explanation of her decision to stay in her town after Boko Haram struck and documented it in a video that was just broadcast by NTA. Falmata claimed that after Boko Haram overran her village, they asked her why she stayed while everyone else had fled. She claimed to have informed them that although those who left did so to avoid suffering, they still had to deal with being internally displaced people (IDPs). She stated that she would rather deal with her problems at home than flee and suffer as an internally displaced person somewhere else.CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
In Falmata’s words: “They (Boko Haram) were all over the town when they saw I was the only one remaining, some of them wielding arms then came to me asking why I was still staying in the town. My answer to them was that all those who fled did so to escape from suffering but did that insulate them from the untold hardships they endured for a long period of time? I prefer to endure the hardship in my matrimonial home than to flee and suffer it as an IDP”CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
