WHAT BOKO HARAM HAS JOINED TOGETHER…

 The popular saying that love knows no barrier came to the fore at the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp, Games Village, Abuja, recently, where Victoria and Solomon John have found each other. In spite of the sorry situation in the camp, the couple got married and now has a three-month old baby boy. They shared the story of their joy and hope with Edozie Udeze.
It is said that love is ever strong and that it is the human mind that can either control or suppress it. For most people, the joy and delight in their inner heart when they fall in love with the right person tastes sweeter than wine. This is the story of Victoria and Solomon John who are both members of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) located at the Games Village, Abuja.

 The story of how they came to be husband and wife began like a fairy tale; but in the end, the hand of fate fell on them and today, they have been joined together. They were joined as man and woman in the camp by elders of their town, who are also Internally Displaced Persons in the camp. It is a story that fills them with unbridled love and satisfaction.

Solomon who was not initially forthcoming on how he met and fell in love with Victoria, eventually opened up to The Nation. He said that his joy has known no bounds since Victoria agreed to be his wife. “Ah, it was love”, he enthused. “The first time I saw her at the camp, I could not hold back my breath. She is so lovely and calm”, he said, looking straight into the eyes of his woman.

Funny enough, both Solomon and Victoria are from the same Gwoza town in Borno State. But they only came to know each other at the IDPs camp. “I didn’t know her before”, Solomon confessed. “But in the camp, she was one of the most reserved persons. Each time you saw her, she would be on her own. It is either she was going to the market or fetching water for the family. The first time I noticed her, I told myself that I’d like talk to her.”

That first time wasn’t smooth for young Solomon, who at 26 felt it was time for him to settle down to a family life. “We are far away from home; far from everything we hold dear for close to three years now. So the sight of Victoria made me reminisce once more about my home and so many lively girls that abound there. I did not know her in Gwoza, but the hand of fate occasioned by Boko Haram, has tied us together forever. It was here that I met her for the first time. I used to see her alone a lot,” he said, tapping her amicably on the shoulder.