Six months in captivity: Woro freed victims recount ordeal
•Young women married off •Some male captives joined terrorists’ camp •OFFICIAL: Survivors tested positive to acute malaria fever, malnutrition By Demola Akinyemi Six months after they were abducted by terrorists, survivors of the Woro community attack in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State have recounted the harrowing experiences they endured in captivity, including the deaths of 13 children, forced marriages involving some young women and severe hunger and deprivation.
Sunday Vanguard gathered that selected officials of the Kwara State Ministry of Health commenced intensive medical examinations on the remaining released victims at a designated hotel in the Government Reserved Area, GRA, Ilorin, where they are being accommodated.
Fourteen of the victims, whose conditions were said to be critical when they arrived in Ilorin on Thursday night, have been transferred to the Kwara State University Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, for further medical attention.
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