“Although we cannot do anything to reverse the horrors of her past, federal government can and will do everything possible to ensure that the rest of her life takes a completely different course”, Buhari said.
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“This is to confirm that one of the abducted Chibok schoolgirls. was among rescued persons by our troops”, army spokesman Colonel Sani Usman said in a statement.
“She was presented to community leaders as Amina Ali but her name as it appears in the school register is Aisha Ali”. A neighbor of Nkek’s from her hometown of Mbalala told BBC News that the girl was found with a baby.
Ali Gwoza and Apagu Chibok are some of the vigilante members, who identified Amina, when her captor gave himself up.
The #BringBackOurGirls group said in a statement Wednesday that Amina had spoken with her mother and revealed that her classmates still remained behind in the Sambisa forest, which is considered as the fortress of Boko Haram extremist militant group.
Amina, now 19, was reportedly recognized by a civilian fighter of the Civilian Joint Task Force (JTF), a vigilante group set up to help fight Boko Haram, and briefly reunited with her mother. Dozens escaped in the first hours, but 219 remained missing.
Boko Haram on April 14 stormed an all-girl secondary school in Chibok, in Borno state, then packed the teenagers, who had been taking exams, onto trucks and disappeared into a remote area along the border with Cameroon.
Nkeki might get to meet the President of Nigeria in the capital Abuja on Thursday along with her parents.
According to a report on the Global Terrorism Index, Boko Haram was the world’s deadliest terrorist group in 2014, responsible for 6,644 deaths, an increase of 317% from the previous year. It has always been known to be a Boko Haram stronghold containing militant camps.
‘She was carrying a baby but I do not know whether it is a boy or girl, ‘ Zannah told the Thomson Reuters Foundation by phone from Chibok.
Boko Haram has been prosecuting a seven-year insurgency in the northeast of Nigeria, killing at least 20, 000 people and displacing over 2 million more.
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Under Buhari’s command and aided by Nigeria’s neighbours, the army has recaptured most territory once lost to Boko Haram but the group still regularly stages suicide bombings.
