The fate of the other female detainees in Nigeria is currently unknown and the relatives did not specify how the women died but the term they used often refers to Boko Haram jihadists slitting victims’ throats
Boko Haram militants have slaughtered a group of women in Nigeria they deemed “witches.”
Last week, around 40 women were held in a village near Gwoza town in Borno State on the orders of jihadist commander Ali Guyile whose children suddenly died overnight.
Relatives, residents and a woman who escaped told AFP that the commander had accused the women of causing the child-ren’s deaths through witchcraft.
Mr Guyile, 35, ordered his men to arrest the women from homes known to practice witchcraft, said Talkwe Linbe, one of the accused women.
Linbe said she managed to escape and fled to the regional capital Maiduguri after the killing of 14 women on Thursday.
“He said would investigate our involvement in the deaths of his children and give appropriate punishment if found guilty. On Thursday he ordered 14 of us shot. I was lucky not to be part of it and my boyfriend, among the men guarding us, helped me escape that same night,” the 67-year-old woman said.