Speaking to journalist in Maiduguri, on how
she escaped from the dreaded sambisa forest, she explained that after
their kidnapping, they were made to walk through the forest where they
were later kept in an open place inside the forest.
“The place we were kept was not just right
and I felt that these people might kill us. We heard many bad things
about them. I then began to plan how to escape. I told them that I
wanted to urinate which they said no to, but after I kept repeating it,
they allowed me to go along with three others. That was the time we
escaped from the camp” she said.
The escapee, who said she couldn’t trace her
way back to the forest acknowledged that they were held in the forest,
as they could hear the sect members talking.
“No, I do not think I will know, you know we
travelled at night. When we went to urinate, we started running. We were
too scared, we just kept running, believing that with God on our side,
we would get help” she said.
Simon said after they had ran very far from
the forest, they fortunately came across a Fulani herdsman, who helped
them out of the bush to the express-road where they boarded a vehicle
back to Chibok.
She disclosed that she was in Maiduguri,
because they were asked to come and watch a video that was recently
released by the Boko Haram, leader Abubakar Shakau, in order for them to
ascertain if the other girls who are still in captivity are all from
GGSS.
Simon, who confirmed that there were many of
her schoolmates in the video, added that she felt a little bit relieved
seeing that they are still alive, and expressed optimism that they will
come back like she did.
The elated escapee asserted that she felt bad when she saw some her schoolmates that are Christians reciting the Holy Koran.
“It makes me feel sad knowing that they must
have been forced to recite the Koran. I know four of the girls to be
good Christians that will never accept to change their faith. It is sad
that they have been forced to become Muslims” Simon said. 
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