{"id":192841,"date":"2014-06-05T07:02:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-05T07:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/pregnant-woman-delivers-baby-in-the-bush-while-running-from-boko-haram-insurgents\/"},"modified":"2014-06-05T07:02:00","modified_gmt":"2014-06-05T07:02:00","slug":"pregnant-woman-delivers-baby-in-the-bush-while-running-from-boko-haram-insurgents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2014\/06\/05\/pregnant-woman-delivers-baby-in-the-bush-while-running-from-boko-haram-insurgents\/","title":{"rendered":"Pregnant Woman Delivers Baby In The Bush While Running From Boko Haram Insurgents"},"content":{"rendered":"<table readability=\"13.625051845707\">\n<tr readability=\"37\">\n<td readability=\"39\">\n<table readability=\"2\">\n<tr readability=\"6\">\n<td readability=\"7\">\n<p><strong>A pregnant woman reportedly gave birth to a baby girl in the bush at Kala-Balge community in Borno State, north-eastern Nigeria while allegedly fleeing from at\u00adtacks by the Boko Ha\u00adram sect.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>Abba Ab\u00addulmuminu, a native of the Kala-Balge community, told journalists during a press con\u00adference at the Correspondents Chapel in Bauchi that the woman, whose name was not identified, delievered the baby on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>He said she\u00a0was among thousands of natives\u00a0of the local government area, who had fled their homes because of constant terror attacks on the people of Kala-Balge\u00a0by members of the deadly boko haram sect.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/img.ghanamma.com\/uploads\/2014\/06\/61d4boko-haram-3-apf-5march.jpg\" vspace=\"5\" itemprop=\"image\" alt=\"* Members of Boko Haram sect\" border=\"0\" data-zoom=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>* Members of Boko Haram sect<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It could be recalled that the people of Kala-Balge\u00a0were commended last month when they defended themselves from the attacks of\u00a0the Boko-Haram insurgents when they killed over 300 of the terrorists who had attacked them.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Abdulmuminu said: \u201cAs a result of that attack, one month ago, the Boko-Haram members have regrouped and are killing the people of Kala-Balge community. In fact, as I am talking to you now, almost all the people of Kala-Balge villages and towns have fled. Some of them are in the bor\u00adder between Cameroon and Nigeria while some are in the bush.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnly on Tuesday, I was informed that a woman gave birth to a baby girl in the bush. There was no water, no shelter and no food because it is a semi-desert area and there are no trees there. So the people there, even those in the borders, live under scorching sun.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr readability=\"17.510799136069\">\n<td readability=\"20.556155507559\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/img.naij.com\/business\/entertainment\/04\/9\/members_of_the_boko_haram_sect1_300x187.jpg\" vspace=\"5\" itemprop=\"image\" alt=\"* Boko Haram insurgents in northern Nigeria\" border=\"0\" data-zoom=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>* Boko Haram insurgents in northern Nigeria<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The community leader, who said he had not heard from his mother and many of his rela\u00adtives who fled since the sus\u00adtained attacks on Kala-Balge, appealed to the Federal Gov\u00adernment to deploy troops to the community and bring relief materials to the people of Kala-Balge.<\/p>\n<p>The Boko Haram insurgents have claimed responsibility for many attacks in the Kala-Balge community and most of the attacks are not reported.<\/p>\n<p>A large group of Boko Haram members was reported on May 31, 2014, to have killed over 40 people and left multiple building destroyed in Kala Balge community.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And about 40 soldiers of the Nigerian Army were said to be held in captivity by civilians in Kala-Balge village, Borno State, for over two weeks some weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p>The suspected military men were caught the day residents\u00a0of the community\u00a0defended themselves from Boko Haram assault and killed about 200 insurgents.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"traqlidiv\" readability=\"8\">\n<p id=\"traqlip\">\n\t\t\t<span id=\"traqlitext\">If you wish to know how this story develops, use\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/:0\" data-style=\"http:\/\/traq.li\/custom\/naij.com\" class=\"traqlibutton\" onerror=\"this.style.visibility='hidden';\" data-groupid=\"3\" data-storyref=\"67624\" data-storyurl=\"http:\/\/news.naij.com\/67624.html\" data-position=\"end\" \/><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><b>Know more about this news? 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