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Who can help me locate my wife and seven children? Boko Haram victim cries out

December 13, 2014 by Kelly Davies 1 Comment

At least if I can’t see them alive, what about their corpses? That is a pathetic question coming from Mathew Zira, a man in his 40s who has been frantically searching the whole villages in Adamawa state for his wife and seven children ever since September 7th 2014  that Boko Haram invaded their town.

Since that day, he had neither seen nor heard any reports about them and had consequently combed the whole area in search of them but without luck of seeing any one of them dead or alive. Hence the Boko haram victim is crying out for any news that could possibly lead to their where about.

As he walk up to one of the newsmen, he started, “My name is Matthew Zira. I am from Vi village in Minchika Local Government Area, Adamawa State. I was living comfortably with my family until that fateful Friday. Before that day, there had been rumors that Boko Haram would attack the village, but no one knew when they would come. So on that day, as usual, I went out of the house to look for my daily bread. I ride commercial motorcycle in the village, I am also a farmer, and did the commercial motorcycle work when farm work was over.

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So, I left home as early as 6 am on the 7th of September 2014 on my motorcycle to commence the business of the day. But at about noon, I started hearing gunshots and everyone said Boko Haram had arrived town. I immediately rushed back home to go and evacuate my family, but before I got home, they had fled along with other villagers to an unknown destination.

I went round town looking for them but could not find them. I went to the police station, hospitals and everywhere but could not find them. Before the evening of that day, Boko Haram had already taken over the entire village completely. I was advised not to go back home because all the houses in the village had been razed by Boko Haram.

I fled to Minchika to continue the search for my children. Later, we had to flee to Yola when we heard that Boko Haram would attack Minchika. I spent one month in Yola searching everywhere for my children but I could not find them. Those of us who escaped from Vi village and other surrounding villages were camped at the NYSC camp in Yola. I thought of meeting my children there in the camp but they were not there.

I had to come to Jos because I was told that thousands of Adamawa people ran to Jos. But I have searched all the IDP camps in Jos since the 5th of November when I arrived, I can’t still find them. There is even no iota of information about where I could find them. “Others who lost their families during the rush to escape have found their people, but in my own case, I’m still searching in vain. It is only God that will reveal to me what happened to my family. So, I am only looking up to God now because I have done all that is humanly possible.

I am really in trauma; at night I can’t sleep, I keep thinking of my children. At times, if I am eating and the thought of the whereabouts of my children came to my mind, I will not be able to eat any longer, from that moment I will lose appetite.

I am pleading with any Nigerian who knows where I can locate my children to contact me on my phone – 07037728905. My wife’s name is Tinana Mathew. My seven children are Rita, Ziramatu, Tumbamatu, Kwata, Racheal and one-yearold Doris. Please, I am eagerly waiting for any information on their whereabout.

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  1. ubesie chukwuebuka chidiogo says

    December 13, 2014 at 3:51 pm

    is a pity I feel the pain in the heart of the man, boko haram have frustrated the life of this young man, what will the man do now , should he start to get another woman and start having new children? what next for this man? May GOD fight for his people and this nations.

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