Survivors say women and children are starving in Boko Haram camps as families plead for urgent intervention.
By Suleman Ayuba
BORNO STATE, Nigeria — A Boko Haram faction has executed at least seven captives following a failed escape attempt, according to video released by the insurgents and accounts from community leaders. The killings were carried out in the presence of other hostages, who remain in deteriorating conditions in remote mountain camps, local sources told TruthNigeria.
Samaila Ibrahim Kaigama, President of the Borno South Youth Alliance (BOSYA), told TruthNigeria he has been in direct communication with the captors in an effort to secure the release of the remaining hostages. He said repeated appeals to state and federal authorities for coordinated intervention have not received a response.
In an exclusive interview with TruthNigeria, Kaigama painted a devastating picture of his frantic appeals falling on the deaf ears of the Nigerian government, which has repeatedly turned a blind eye to the unfolding tragedy despite urgent pleas for intervention.
Dozens of abducted residents—mostly women and children from the Ngoshe community in Gwoza LGA—have died in Boko Haram captivity in recent months due to starvation, illness, and prolonged neglect, according to local sources. Those still alive are being held in remote mountain hideouts, where they face severe food shortages, physical abuse, forced labor, and ongoing threats of execution. Survivors say the captives are malnourished, frightened, and living under constant psychological pressure as they await an uncertain fate.
Three Ngoshe indigenes, speaking anonymously to TruthNigeria out of fear for their families’ lives, described the dire situation in haunting detail.
One survivor lamented, “Our people are dying slowly every day from hunger and sickness while the government does nothing. The children cry until they have no voice left.”
Another warned, “The captors show no mercy. They use the beheadings as entertainment to break the rest of us. We are living in hell on earth.” A third added, “BOSYA is our only hope, but without government action, more graves will be dug in these mountains. Our women and daughters are suffering things no human should ever face.”
As the terrorists continue to issue ultimatums and parade their broken captives in propaganda videos, the government’s inaction has only emboldened the monsters, turning Ngoshe’s tragedy into a slow-motion massacre that stains the conscience of the nation. Time is running out and the blood of the innocent is on those who choose silence.
Suleman Ayuba is a reporter for TruthNigeria.
