“Numerous girls were married to Boko Haram fighters and they are now carrying babies while a lot of others are pregnant”, Tijjni said.
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One of 219 schoolgirls kidnapped in Chibok in northeast Nigeria in April 2014, Amina Ali is the first to be recovered safe and sound.
Amina was found in an area of Kulakasha at the fringes of Sambisa forest.
The military said Ali was brought to Maiduguri by air force helicopter from an army base in Damboa 90 kilometres (56 miles) away with her four-month-old baby and a man she said was her husband.
Amina Ali Nkeki was found carrying a baby by an army-backed vigilante group on Tuesday in the huge Sambisa Forest, close to the border with Cameroon.
Olatunji Olarewanju, a representative for the campaign in Nigeria, said Amina’s identity was confirmed by her mother. The then government’s inability to track them down cost them the elections.
‘Preliminary investigation shows that she is indeed one of the Chibok schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram terrorists on 14th April 2014 in Chibok, ‘ Usman said in a statement.
Ali is the first Chibok girl to be rescued.
According to #BringBackOurGirls spokesman Sesugh Akume, Nkeki spoke with the Nigerian military about the other girls still held within a heavily guarded area at the heart of the forest.
The girls were taken by militants from the Boko Haram Islamist group.
It is believed that she will be taken to Abuja on Friday along with her parents to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari.
“After Amina was kidnapped, only two (of our children) are left alive”, she said, adding that her other son and daughter both live in Lagos.
Amina’s mother previous year spoke of her daughter’s fear of Boko Haram but of her enjoyment of attending school and doing well at her studies.
“Don’t forget that Boko Haram said at the time that these schoolgirls had been sold off as slaves to Boko Haram militants, had been converted to Islam and that they would never be seen again”, she says. In the past year, the Nigerian army has reported rescuing thousands of captives and demolishing Boko Haram hideouts.
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The Nigerian military aided by its neighbours, has recaptured most territory once lost to Boko Haram but the group still regularly stages suicide bombings.
