From Truth Nigeria
(Maduguri) Nigeria has a hall of heroic women and girls who chose risk of death over forced conversion: foremost among them Leah Sharibu, a teenager kidnapped by Boko Haram terrorists in 2018 and still a hostage of the terrorists occupying the forests bordering Lake Chad.
Yet, a new chapter of faith under fire could be written about newly emerged Comfort Sunday, a 25-year-old Christian, who recently broke out of seven months of brutal captivity under suspected Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists.
She emerged clutching her two-month-old baby born in the terrorist camp alongside 20-year-old Rose Adamu. Their escape underscores the relentless suffering inflicted on Christian women and girls simply for refusing to renounce their faith in Christ.
On November 15, 2025, Comfort and Rose were abducted while heading to their farms between Pumbum and Kwang villages in Askira/Uba Local Government Area of Borno State. The state has been partially controlled by Islamic state insurgencies since 2009, when Nigeria’s complex Islamist-led civil war began.
The terrorists dragged them first to Dille village and later to Yuwe, where they endured seven months of hellish conditions designed to force them to recant their Christian faith.
“It was a normal day… we were just going to the farm to work so we could feed our families,” Sunday recalled in an emotional exclusive interview with Truth Nigeria.
“Suddenly, Boko Haram terrorists opened fire on us. Our men ran and escaped, but they caught us women.” She described daily threats of death unless they converted to Islam: “They constantly threatened us, saying we must convert to Islam or they would kill us. Every single day was filled with fear.”
…There were beatings; chaining in the sun after failed escape attempts, and relentless pressure to abandon Christianity.
Sunday, who was three months pregnant at the time of her capture, gave birth in the bush without medical care, medicine, or support. “My baby… this innocent child was born in that terrible place. Every time I look at my baby, I remember the suffering, the fear, the hunger… I keep seeing their faces. I keep hearing the gunshots.”
This mirrors the broader pattern of Boko Haram and ISWAP targeting Christians for their faith, using abduction, sexual violence, forced conversion, and enslavement as tools of persecution.
Sunday’s story bears striking similarities to that of Leah Sharibu, whose story has become a cause celebre of Christian persecution in Nigeria. . .Leah was singled out and remains in captivity eight years later as of early 2026—precisely because she refused to deny Jesus Christ and convert to Islam.
Leah’s steadfast faith has led to her being held as a “slave for life,” enduring unimaginable hardship, isolation from her family, and the denial of freedom, education, and dignity.
Many women in these camps are turned into sex slaves, according to media reports, with many offspring produced by rape.
Sunday told TruthNigeria of ongoing nightmares and screams. Comfort Sunday and Rose escaped after trekking for days in difficult terrain
They are not alone. Hundreds of other Christian sisters remain trapped in similar ” forest concentration camps, under the control of Fulani ethnic terrorists in Southern Kaduna State, according to TruthNigeria investigative reporting.
Military authorities described the women’s recovery as a successful operation, with Brig. Gen. Ayoola providing financial assistance of 50,000 naira. However, community sources emphasize the human cost: ordinary Christian women farming to survive are abducted, abused, and scarred for life because of their faith.
“Many of our sisters are still trapped. My heart is broken. I don’t know if I will ever be normal again,” Sunday told TruthNigeria.
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Islam should be declared illegal in society, just as drugs are.
Winston Churchill knew all about Islam as far back as the 1800’s. His quote: “No stronger retrograde force exists in the world”.
He knew.
There is another Churchill quote about Islam, from his book (I think the first book published by him) – ‘The Story of the Malakand Field Force’. He sums Islam up as “the religion of blood and war”. Never were truer words spoken.