Description : Ten year-old Ruth Bitrus is an orphan from Adamawa state. Her father had died prior to Boko Haram???s invasion of her town, Michika, from where she managed to escape with her mother. Her mother, unfortunately, was eventually killed by members of Boko Haram for refusing to follow the sect, after she was caught in her house in Michika, where she tried to salvage some of her properties.