Two fleeing Boko Haram victims give birth in the forest

Tuesday, 8 April 2014

Two women fleeing from Boko Haram attack in Buni Gari have given birth in the bush.

An eyewitness, Falmata, said they were inside the bush when the women went into labour.

Falmata and her sister, Lubabatu, who was holding a three weeks old baby, were moving out of Buni Gari, when a reporter of a national daily met them.

Falmata said: “It was terrible. The sounds of the gunshots were just too much to bear. It was as if it was in front of our house.

“We fled to the bush when we observed that the boys were burning houses.

“As we were running, other women joined us. Two of them gave birth inside the bush.”