Convert or Die: 25 Year Old Nigerian Mother Refused Islam for 7 Months While Pregnant in a Boko Haram Camp and Escaped Through Heavy Rain With a 2 Month Old Baby

Comfort Sunday's Hostage Nightmare in Borno State Includes Daily Death Threats, Weekly Bathing, Chains in the Sun, and a Two Day Trek Through Storms to Freedom as Military Hands Her 50,000 Naira

Comfort Sunday, a 25 year old Christian woman from Askira/Uba Local Government Area, Borno State, Nigeria, has escaped seven months of Boko Haram captivity after refusing to convert to Islam under daily death threats. She gave birth to a baby in the terrorist camp without medical care, then trekked through two days of heavy rainfall with her newborn to reach freedom.

She was kidnapped on 15 November 2025 while heading to her farm with 20 year old Rose Adamu. Her freedom came in May 2026.

"They Constantly Threatened Us, Saying We Must Convert to Islam"

The conditions in the Dille and Yuwe camps where Comfort was held were brutal. Daily death threats. Bathing allowed once weekly. Beatings. Periods chained in the sun. Minimal food. The single non negotiable demand was conversion to Islam. Comfort refused for seven months.

"They constantly threatened us, saying we must convert to Islam or they would kill us," she told Truth Nigeria. "Every single day was filled with fear."

She gave birth in the camp. The baby was two months old when she escaped, walking through heavy rainfall for two days across difficult terrain before reaching Nigerian military lines. The Army provided 50,000 naira (roughly 35 US dollars) in assistance.

The Long Shadow of Leah Sharibu

Comfort Sunday's case echoes that of Leah Sharibu, the teenage schoolgirl kidnapped in 2018 who has now spent more than seven years in Boko Haram captivity because she refuses to convert. Comfort escaped. Leah is still missing. The pattern is consistent. The terrorists demand renunciation of Christ as the price of life. Some Christian women yield under torture. Many do not. The world rarely sees their names.

The Crusader's Opinion

Comfort Sunday gave birth in a Boko Haram camp. She walked through the rain for two days with a newborn. She refused to convert under daily death threats for seven months. She is 25 years old. The Nigerian Army handed her about 35 US dollars. She is one of the bravest Christians alive today, and almost no Western Christian knows her name. Pray for Comfort. Pray for her baby. Pray for Leah Sharibu, who is still in captivity. Pray for every Nigerian Christian woman who has chosen the love of Christ over the threat of the knife. Heaven knows their names even if Twitter does not.

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• Pray: For Comfort Sunday, her baby, Rose Adamu, and Leah Sharibu
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• Read: Truth Nigeria's full account of Comfort Sunday's escape
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