Rescued Chibok Schoolgirl: Faith Gave Her Strength; "In the same way God rescued me, He will also rescue them"

Leah Marieann Klett : Aug 23, 2016
Gospel Herald

"Seeing my baby standing with a terror[ist] with ... ammunition around his neck is not easy for a mother ... But I also give thanks to God almighty. They say most of the girls are dead but mine is alive." -Mother of Chibok girl still in captivity.

[Gospel Herald] The first of the Chibok schoolgirls to be rescued after being kidnapped by Boko Haram in 2014 has revealed that her time in captivity only strengthened her faith and expressed confidence that God will one day deliver her classmates, as well. (Photo: VOANews)

Amina Ali and her four-month-old baby were rescued in May near Damboa in Borno state by soldiers and a civilian vigilante group, more than two years after she and over 200 others were taken by the Islamist militants from a school in northeast Nigeria. The mass kidnapping shocked the world and sparked the hashtag #BringBackOurGirls.
 
During a recent interview with Reuters, the young woman revealed that many of her classmates, who are being held in Sambisa forest, were starved and resorted to eating raw maize, and that some had died in captivity, suffered broken legs or gone deaf after being too close to explosions.
 
"I think about them a lot—I would tell them to be hopeful and prayerful," Ali said. "In the same way God rescued me, He will also rescue them." (Photo: via Pulse.NG)
 
Despite living in bleak circumstances, she revealed that her faith in God prevented her from being frightened of the militants during her time in captivity: "I am not scared of Boko Haram—they are not my God," Ali said.
 
The young woman's mother echoed her daughter's sentiments, telling the outlet she had observed a positive change in Ali since her rescue, as she now slept much more peacefully than she had ever done before being...
 
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