Confirming the development, the Nigerian military said in a text message by Colonel SK Usman to SaharaReporters that she was rescued by Nigerian troops.
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Acting Director said that girl and her baby, along side her parents, would be conveyed to Abuja on Thursday to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari.
The purported husband was being questioned by the army. One of her neighbors told the BBC that she was found with a baby, and her uncle said she was reunited with her mother. An ally of the Islamic State, it has largely been beaten back by Nigerian and global forces, who retook most of Boko Haram’s captured territory. They quoted her saying that her schoolmates were still in the Sambisa forest, Boko Haram’s biggest stronghold in the remote north.
The young woman was part of a group asking for help, including a man who identified himself as her husband and the father of her baby, Gaji said.
“It’s highly probable that her released was engineered”.
It us not known how many thousands of girls, boys and young women have been kidnapped by Boko Haram in the Islamist group’s almost seven-year-old insurgency, which has killed about 20,000 people, forced more than 2 million from their homes and spread across Nigeria’s borders.
Boko Haram head Abubakar Shekau had repeatedly confirmed being behind the abduction, threatening to sell the girls off as slaves or marry them to his fighters.
The search for the other girls is continuing but the families still waiting for news say Amina’s rescue has given them fresh hope.
The first of 219 girls in Nigeria who have been missing for over two years was found Tuesday.
Yakubu Nkeki said his 19-year-old niece is pregnant and traumatised and was found wandering in a forest.
Earlier this month, CNN broadcast a video which appeared to show a group of the schoolgirls still alive.
In the past year, the Nigerian army has reported rescuing thousands of captives and demolishing Boko Haram hideouts.
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The statement reads: “The rescued Chibok school girl, Amina Ali, was airlifted by Nigeria Air Force Super Puma aircraft from”. A total of 276 girls were taken when Boko Haram raided the school’s dormitories in April 2014, but more than 50 managed to escape within hours as militants drove the students away on trucks.
