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How I Nearly Became A Suicide Bomber by Kvistpublishing: 11:58pm On Mar 22, 2016

On Tuesday February 9, two Nigerian girls entered a camp for displaced people in the north-east. Minutes later they detonated their explosive vests, killing 58 people. A third girl refused to take part in the suicide mission for Islamist group Boko Haram. Read Her Story Below

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.

"I said 'No', since my mum is residing in Dikwa, I won't go and kill people there. I would rather go and stay with my family, even if I die there," she tells me through a translator.
Both her parents and her siblings, except for one brother who had been captured with her, were staying in the camp at Dikwa in Borno state, along with about 50,000 others forced from their homes.
Hauwa explains how she ended up being lured into joining the group.
"I had spiritual problems and so the Boko Haram told me they could help get rid of them," she says.

We do not know exactly what Hauwa was suffering from, but these so-called "evil spirits" had caused her to soil herself and even put her hand into a fire.
Whatever the reason, she saw Boko Haram as the answer to her problems, and they took her in.
She remembers a typical day living with the militants.
"We were living in grass-thatched houses. When my husband was around, I cooked three times a day... the men would steal meat and bring it for us to cook."
After a while, Hauwa separated from her husband and then got remarried.
Her second husband then ran away and when she refused to take a third husband, the group suggested their plan:
"They said since I refused to re-marry, I should take the bomb," she says.
The Dikwa camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) was 85km (50 miles) north-east of Maiduguri, the state capital of Borno and the birthplace of Boko Haram.
Hauwa knew it well and it was not far from the place she was being held by the militants, so the night before the attack was due to take place, she sneaked out very early in the morning. Her plan was to alert her family and others staying at Dikwa of the impending attack. But she was too late.
By the time she reached Dikwa camp, the two suicide bombers had already struck. An army officer showed the BBC team the scene of the attack.
"This is the spot where the first explosion went off," he said pointing to brown patches on the tarmac, where blood stains had been darkened by a layer of dust.
The camp stretches across both sides of the road and so residents still have to pass the scene of the attack every day to get water and food. There are 15,000 people still living here and they are scared. But they have nowhere safe to go, so they are staying here. Now, they say they cannot trust anyone, not even children.
An elderly woman, Falmata Mohammed, remembers the minutes before the attack.
"A soldier was trying to arrange our queues... There was this woman wearing a red veil and she had long hair."
Falmata says she looked round when the woman began complaining about the soldiers, who were trying to disperse the crowds.
"As soon as we moved onto the road, she shouted 'Wayyo', saying she had a pain in her stomach… People rushed to help her and tried to lift her up and that's when the bomb detonated."
"We saw fireballs around us," she tells me, saying that suddenly she became aware that she was surrounded by dozens of mutilated bodies.

Hauwa did not see the attack herself, but she was shown footage of the aftermath by military investigators and reflect on the fate of the two girls.

"It wasn't a pleasant thing to see. It wasn't good to carry a bomb to go and kill fellow human beings," she says.
"I don't know if the other girls knew they would die when they went on the mission
For parents in this part of Nigeria, the fear of Boko Haram is all too real. The group is prepared not only to abduct their children, but to send their own young back as assassins in the very places they have sought refuge. This is the same state where Boko Haram kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls from the town of Chibok in April 2014. Most of them are still missing.
Hauwa chose to defy the group and to escape, saving her own and the many lives of her would-be victims. We talk about her future, but when the topic of children comes up, she laughs it off.
"I'd like to get an education," she says.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-35864054

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Re: How I Nearly Became A Suicide Bomber by vicstar(m): 12:01am On Mar 23, 2016

who gives a fuccckk!! If I don't believe??

#the_sadist

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Re: How I Nearly Became A Suicide Bomber by magicalBae(f): 12:16am On Mar 23, 2016

Happy for you..

Go to school..

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Re: How I Nearly Became A Suicide Bomber by Osirimononaye(m): 9:13am On Mar 23, 2016

"Paradise", Jesus!!!............
The Boko-Harams will never have peace of mind. For tryna destroy young dreams

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Re: How I Nearly Became A Suicide Bomber by truthalways(m): 9:14am On Mar 23, 2016

Chai...what a sad story
Illiteracy is the number one problem of the North
Yet their elites are milking the country dry

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Re: How I Nearly Became A Suicide Bomber by ChappyChase: 9:14am On Mar 23, 2016

Hian touching!
For those who care to know, today makes it one week I arrived Adamawa state shocked

But believe you me, am enjoying my life here with all these nice Hausa/Fulani girls!! grin

only say no light here...

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Re: How I Nearly Became A Suicide Bomber by lonelydora: 9:14am On Mar 23, 2016

Hauwa at 17 or 18, you have tasted 2 heavy di*ks. Go to school but I hope you are no longer being disturbed by the evil spirits

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Re: How I Nearly Became A Suicide Bomber by TANTUMERGO007(m): 9:15am On Mar 23, 2016

Buhari

Re: How I Nearly Became A Suicide Bomber by winkmart: 9:15am On Mar 23, 2016

Hmmm, don't they have WRISTWATCH sellers in the north.. Learn the trade and make good money my dear. Thats what I do too and am not carrying bombs all about... Who will even buy bomb here in Lagos

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Re: How I Nearly Became A Suicide Bomber by tooman: 9:15am On Mar 23, 2016

hhhmm

Re: How I Nearly Became A Suicide Bomber by MadCow1: 9:17am On Mar 23, 2016

She needs Pastor T.B Joshua for deliverance..

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Re: How I Nearly Became A Suicide Bomber by Kreamie(m): 9:17am On Mar 23, 2016

Hypocrites calling themselves muslims..Killing of a fellow humanisn't Islamic..Nuff said

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Re: How I Nearly Became A Suicide Bomber by SmooshCHN: 9:18am On Mar 23, 2016

She went to Boko Haram for spiritual healing.

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Re: How I Nearly Became A Suicide Bomber by Moneyhatesme(m): 9:18am On Mar 23, 2016

Kvistpublishing:
On Tuesday February 9, two Nigerian girls entered a camp for displaced people in the north-east. Minutes later they detonated their explosive vests, killing 58 people. A third girl refused to take part in the suicide mission for Islamist group Boko Haram. Read Her Story Below
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.
"I said 'No', since my mum is residing in Dikwa, I won't go and kill people there. I would rather go and stay with my family, even if I die there," she tells me through a translator.
Both her parents and her siblings, except for one brother who had been captured with her, were staying in the camp at Dikwa in Borno state, along with about 50,000 others forced from their homes.
Hauwa explains how she ended up being lured into joining the group.
"I had spiritual problems and so the Boko Haram told me they could help get rid of them," she says.
We do not know exactly what Hauwa was suffering from, but these so-called "evil spirits" had caused her to soil herself and even put her hand into a fire.
Whatever the reason, she saw Boko Haram as the answer to her problems, and they took her in.
She remembers a typical day living with the militants.
"We were living in grass-thatched houses. When my husband was around, I cooked three times a day... the men would steal meat and bring it for us to cook."
After a while, Hauwa separated from her husband and then got remarried.
Her second husband then ran away and when she refused to take a third husband,the group suggested their plan:
"They said since I refused to re-marry, I should take the bomb," she says.
The Dikwa camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) was 85km (50 miles) north-east of Maiduguri, the state capital of Borno and the birthplace of Boko Haram.
Hauwa knew it well and it was not far from the place she was being held by the militants, so the night before the attack was due to take place, she sneaked out very early in the morning. Her plan was to alert her family and others staying at Dikwa of the impending attack. But she was too late.
By the time she reached Dikwa camp, the two suicide bombers had already struck. An army officer showed the BBC team the scene of the attack.
"This is the spot where the first explosion went off," he said pointing to brown patches on the tarmac, where blood stains had been darkened by a layer of dust.
The camp stretches across both sides of the road and so residents still have to pass the scene of the attack every day to get water and food. There are 15,000 people still living here and they are scared. But they have nowhere safe to go, so they are staying here. Now, they say they cannot trust anyone, not even children.
An elderly woman, Falmata Mohammed, remembers the minutes before the attack.
"A soldier was trying to arrange our queues... There was this woman wearing a red veil and she had long hair."
Falmata says she looked round when the woman began complaining about the soldiers, who were trying to disperse the crowds.
"As soon as we moved onto the road, she shouted 'Wayyo', saying she had a pain in her stomach… People rushed to help her and tried to lift her up and that's when the bomb detonated."
"We saw fireballs around us," she tells me, saying that suddenly she became aware that she was surrounded by dozens of mutilated bodies.
Hauwa did not see the attack herself, but she was shown footage of the aftermath by military investigators and reflect on the fate of the two girls.
"It wasn't a pleasant thing to see. It wasn't good to carry a bomb to go and kill fellow human beings," she says.
"I don't know if the other girls knew they would die when they went on the mission
For parents in this part of Nigeria, the fear of Boko Haram is all too real. The group is prepared not only to abduct their children, but to send their own young back as assassins in the very places they have sought refuge. This is the same state where Boko Haram kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls from the town of Chibok in April 2014. Most of them are still missing.
Hauwa chose to defy the group and to escape, saving her own and the many lives of her would-be victims. We talk about her future, but when the topic of children comes up, she laughs it off.
"I'd like to get an education," she says.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-35864054

Nawa o. These husbands u are sharing, there is God oo

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Re: How I Nearly Became A Suicide Bomber by seangy4konji: 9:19am On Mar 23, 2016

Did you dieded well

Re: How I Nearly Became A Suicide Bomber by chukwukadibia10: 9:19am On Mar 23, 2016

But forget the topic.

This girl ugly ooh.

But please where is this paradise located?

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Re: How I Nearly Became A Suicide Bomber by marshborn(m): 9:19am On Mar 23, 2016

Sai baba!!

Re: How I Nearly Became A Suicide Bomber by Pavore9: 9:19am On Mar 23, 2016

Just shaking my head.

Re: How I Nearly Became A Suicide Bomber by boboLIL(m): 9:20am On Mar 23, 2016

Thank God

Re: How I Nearly Became A Suicide Bomber by Azazi(m): 9:20am On Mar 23, 2016

she wear black mask

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Re: How I Nearly Became A Suicide Bomber by joliyp(f): 9:21am On Mar 23, 2016

dont know wat to say

Re: How I Nearly Became A Suicide Bomber by Okorieikechukwu(m): 9:21am On Mar 23, 2016

Dat is nigeria for u PDP

Re: How I Nearly Became A Suicide Bomber by seankay(m): 9:21am On Mar 23, 2016

what I could discern from the write up is that she didn't blow herself up cos her family were there. The high level of illiteracy in the north is the reason why Terrorism could easily thrive

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Re: How I Nearly Became A Suicide Bomber by Originality007: 9:21am On Mar 23, 2016

Re: How I Nearly Became A Suicide Bomber by AKMoney1(m): 9:22am On Mar 23, 2016

This is real shocked

Re: How I Nearly Became A Suicide Bomber by Lilimax(f): 9:22am On Mar 23, 2016

DAESH and their evil conspiracies. undecided

Truth be told; this CANCER must be stopped cos their medieval stone age religion is so primitive that it
has no place in a modern world embarassed

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Re: How I Nearly Became A Suicide Bomber by AustinBlinks(m): 9:22am On Mar 23, 2016

This people are soooo gullible, absolutely primitive! We can't blame this on lack of education, It's lack of common sense..BH survived this long cuz of this idiotic tribe! You'd be surprised that only 1 person out of a thousand of them would reason like the Hauwa girl did. Funny enough we placed the country in charge of their cousin tribe.

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Re: How I Nearly Became A Suicide Bomber by curvilicious: 9:23am On Mar 23, 2016

I no even get power to read ur story.

Next please........................... undecided

Re: How I Nearly Became A Suicide Bomber by rita25(f): 9:23am On Mar 23, 2016

NA WA OH

Re: How I Nearly Became A Suicide Bomber by Greenback: 9:24am On Mar 23, 2016

Wheres that "bringbackourgirls" woman,ezekwesilly and her 419 pack? Or have they found the girls?

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Re: How I Nearly Became A Suicide Bomber by iceberylin(m): 9:24am On Mar 23, 2016

Two husbands"

Who married this sad

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