Second kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirl found by Army
Military reports miraculous discovery of schoolgirl days after first abductee is recovered in forest notorious for terror camps
A SECOND girl out of 276 abducted by Boko Haram from the Nigerian village of Chibok has been rescued, the nation’s army reports.
Speaking on her miraculous return, Colonel Usman Sani Kukasheka said more details about the operation would be provided later.
The schoolgirl’s recovery comes just two days after the rescue of Amina Ali Nkeki and her four-month-old baby, which is thought to have been fathered by one of the terror group's Nigerian extremists.
217 girls remain missing following their abduction by the Islamic extremist group from a government secondary school in north-east Nigeria over two years ago.
On Thursday, Amina, 19, flew to the nation’s capital to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari.
During their meeting, Mr Buhari told the young mum he was delighted by her return and glad she would be able to resume her education.
He added: "But my feelings are tinged with deep sadness at the horrors the young girl has had to go through at such an early stage in her life.”
Amina and her baby were found by an army-affiliated vigilante group in the Sambisa forest.
The area is close to the country’s border with Cameroon, and notorious for housing Boko Haram camps.
She was found with a suspected member of the terror group.
During the horrific abduction in 2014, Boko Haram gunmen arrived in Chibok late at night and raided the government school’s dormitories, putting 276 girls into trucks.
More than 50 of the girls managed to escape within 24 hours of the raid by throwing themselves from the lorries and hiding in bushes by the roadside.
Following the abduction, the community created the #BringBackOurGirls campaign, which has been supported by the likes of First Lady Michelle Obama and Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai.
Boko Haram militants have killed approximately 20,000 people since the cell was founded in 2002 and pledged allegiance to ISIS in March this year.
The terror group initially focussed its attention on opposing Western-style education — Boko Haram means “Western Education is forbidden” in Hausa.
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