When you run for your life or you run for dear life, one thing is certain: you run, you don't remain static. In other words, that action of taking to your heels is real because you want to avoid a dangerous situation or occurrence.

When there is a problem, it is normal for people to run for safety. So, they run for their lives. If an individual male is involved, he runs for his life; if it is a woman, she runs for her life. I also run for my life while you too run for your life – when there is danger or one is in a grave situation.

There are a lot of parents and families, that want their children do follow a particular path or lifestyle. Unfortunately, the parents overlook the desires of the child.

The child becomes so burdened by the fact that he or she has an expectation to reach, and if they don't reach that expectation, then they are a failure.

People run away for many reasons in their lives and probably none are any good reasons to do so. In running away people do this as a spur of the moment thing that they hope will solve what ever is going on in their lives. Unfortunately it usually causes more troubles than it is worth for them.

It is true that many of these persons have a real need to get away for a brief period of time, yet, in that time they can develop more issues than what they were dealing with in the first place. To me running away from home is a quick fix for all that is going on in someone's life. But in this situation, it is boko haram terrorists that is running for their lives and they have abandoned 72 family members, during military offensives launched in Borno state.


The defence headquarters has disclosed that some Boko Haram insurgents who fled during military offensives launched in Ngala, Ngala local government area of Borno, abandoned 72 family members.

Coordinator of defence media operation, John Eneche who made the announcement on Friday May 15, also disclosed that 11 insurgents surrendered to troops in Adamawa on May 11.

Eneche said;

“There are indications that more terrorists are willing to surrender.


“One of such moves, was the dropping off of 72 family members of BHTs/ISWAP comprising 33 women and 39 children at the entrance of Ngala town in Ngala local government area of Borno on May 10 at about 8.30 pm.

“A total of 72 persons were also rescued from the Boko Haram terrorists. Also, on May 9, troops of 121 task force battalion, at Pulka-Ngurosoye, near Bama town repelled BHT ambush and killed 20 terrorists, while on escort duty.

“On May 13, OPLD troops killed nine terrorists in an ambush at Mainok–Jakana axis in Kaga local government area of Borno. Two gun trucks mounted with anti-aircraft gun were captured.

“In all 61 BHT/ISWAP criminals were neutralised in the theatre aside from those that escaped with gunshot wounds with narrow chances of survival.”