80 children who were freed from Boko haram camp in Northern Cameroon by Cameroonian soldiers can’t be united with their families and loved ones because they have lost track of who they are. They cannot recollect their names or where they are from nor remember their families and loved ones.
According to Christopher Fomunyoh, a director for the US-based National Democratic Institute, the children range from 5-18 years of age and do not speak English, French or any local language.
Mr Fomunyoh in an interview with BBC’s Randy Joe Sa’ah in Yaounde, Cameroon said the children had spent so long with their captors and have been indoctrinated into jihadist ideology that they had lost track of who they were.
“They’ve lost touch with their parents. They’ve lost touch with people in their villages, they’re not able to articulate, to help trace their relationships, they can’t even tell you what their names are.”He said they are now in an orphanage where they are being rehabilitated.