One of the missing
Chibok schoolgirls has been found, the first to be
rescued since their capture two years ago.
Activists say that Amina Ali Nkeki was found by a vigilante group on Tuesday in the huge
Sambisa Forest, close to the border with Cameroon.
In all, 218 girls
remain missing after their abduction from a secondary school in north-east
Nigeria in April 2014.
The girls were taken
by militants from the Boko Haram Islamist group.
Amina was reportedly
recognised by a civilian fighter. The fighter belonged to the Civilian Joint
Task Force (JTF), a vigilante group set up to help fight Boko Haram.
Aboku Gaji, leader of
the vigilante group in Chibok, said: "The moment this girl was discovered
by our vigilantes, she was brought to my house.
"I instantly
recognised her, and insisted we should take her to her parents.
"On seeing her,
the mother and other relatives rushed to hug her and started shedding tears.
Afterwards, we had to make them understand that the girl would not be left in
their care. She must be handed over to the authority. "
'Found with baby'
Hosea Abana Tsambido,
the chairman of the Chibok community in the capital, Abuja, told the BBC that
Amina had been found after venturing into the forest to search for firewood.
"She was saying…
all the Chibok girls are still there in the Sambisa except six of them that
have already died."
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