How Terrorists’ Commander Proposed Marriage To Me In Captivity – Abuja-Kaduna Train Victim Reveals
Twenty-one year old Azurfa Lois John, who is one of the last 23 victims of the Abuja-Kaduna Train attack recently released by terrorists has revealed how one of the commanders of her captors proposed to marry her while in captivity.
She however said that she politely but stoutly rejected the offer for whatever it was meant to be, saying; “it was just an offer and I rejected it”.
Azurfa Lois continued; “Yes, it is true that one of the terrorists’ commanders picked and proposed to marry me but, it was just an offer and I rejected it.
“Once you reject them, they don’t force people. I was not the only one the terrorists proposed to marry. They would just ask you, ‘I want to marry you, I want to keep you and I want you to change your religion and convert to my religion.’ So, it is left for you to either agree or reject,” she said.
This was as Azurfa Lois, an orphan, only daughter among four siblings and last born of her late parents, said that she has forgiven the terrorists who kept her and others in captivity for over six months.
The freed student of the Department of Agriculture, Kaduna State University, said that right from the first day of her captivity, she did not think that she would be set free again.
In her words; “I never knew that one day I would be free again. I was just praying and waiting for the day I will leave the camp. The news of leaving the terrorists’ camp came unexpected.
“The news of our leaving the camp came unexpectedly. The terrorists came and asked us to start packing our things. The preparation took a week until the final day when they then asked us to move and they handed us over to the Presidential Committee.
“Now that I am out, I have forgiven my abductors, as much as God forgives our sins too. All that happened are in my past now. The terrorists are in my past too. It is over now. I don’t have anything against them,” she enthused.
Azurfa gave details of her journey to the terrorists den saying that on the fateful day the train was attacked, the terrorists stormed the train in a commando-like style, shooting indiscriminately and ordering everyone to go out.
She further said; “From the scene of the attack, I saw that the train just derailed. The terrorists entered the train and started shooting sporadically and asked us to move out. Then, the men were tied up and they collected our phones.
“We walked a distance that night before motorcycles came and took us away and we journeyed for four days before arriving at the main camp that became our abode for six months,” she said.
Giving details of their welfare in captivity, Azurfa said; “We cooked in the morning and the evening. So, we ate twice a day. Anytime we were sick, they got drugs for us. The terrorists have medical doctors, who come around to give medical care.”
