The Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima, at the weekend said Boko Haram insurgents deliberately raped the women they abducted to get them pregnant and give birth to future generation of jihadist insurgents.
The Governor said that based on his study and observation of Boko Haram members, he observed that the belief among most of them was that they can confiscate any wife or property from someone who does not share their interpretation of Islam.
His media aide, Isa Gusau, said his boss made the comments while addressing some government officials in a closed door meeting in Maiduguri this weekend.
The Governor and other government officials have been meeting to discuss strategies for the reintegration of the women and girls into the society.
Shettima also said that children “fathered by them (Boko Haram) are likely to share their ideology later in life and succeed their parents in the years to come,” which would ensure a continuous cycle of insurgency.
“I am happy with the recovery of hundreds of women and children, it is a thing of joy that they have been freed alive.
“However, I am also very worried about what the future holds for us if what I have gathered about these insurgents works according to their plan” he told the gathering.
Governor Shettima further expressed concern that Boko Haram would after “putting a woman in the family way, identify them with particular communities to monitor the children and whisk them away in future.”
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