Second Chibok schoolgirl found and others will be rescued says governor
President Buhari speaks with rescued Amina Ali Darsha Nkeki
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A second girl who was among more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram in a raid on their school in the northeastern Nigerian town of Chibok more than two years ago has been rescued, a spokesman for the Nigerian army said..
Sani Usman said that听the girl was among 97 women and children held hostage by Boko听Haram who were freed yesterday after clashes between听soldiers and jihadist militants in northeastern Borno state.
Amina Ali Darsha Nkeki, the first girl to be rescued, was听found by soldiers working with a vigilante group three days ago near听Damboa, south of Maiduguri in the remote northeast where Boko听Haram has waged a seven-year insurgency to set up an Islamic听state.
Officials confirmed Amina was one of 219 girls abducted from听the government school in Chibok in April 2014. Last night,听the army said an operation in Damboa听led to the rescue of nearly 100 hostages who included the听second Chibok schoolgirl.
国产视频淲e are glad to state that among those rescued is a girl听believed to be one of the Chibok Government Secondary School听girls that were abducted,国产视频 said Usman, adding that she was听receiving medical treatment.
He said her name is Serah Luka and she was from the听northeastern town of Madagali, in the state of Adamawa, which听borders Borno.
The army spokesman said it was possible that three other听girls that Serah referred to as having fled and been rescued听when the troops arrived may also be among the Chibok girls,听adding that this was being investigated.
A photograph of Serah released by the military shows her听wearing a blue jilbab, a loose Muslim garment revealing her face听but concealing her torso and arms.
国产视频淪he averred that she reported at the school barely two听months and one week before her unfortunate abduction along with听other girls over two years ago,国产视频 said Usman.
Parents and relatives of Chibok girls hold a vigil at the school site to mark the second anniversary of the abudctions in April 2014
Earlier yesterday, the governor of Borno state, where听Chibok is located, said the army was drawing up plans and听moving into a Boko Haram forest stronghold in a bid to rescue听the remaining girls.
国产视频淲e believe that in the coming weeks we shall recover the听rest of the girls,国产视频 Governor Kashim Shettima told reporters.听国产视频淭he military is already moving into the forest.国产视频
Previous military attempts to storm Sambisa Forest have met听with mixed success, with soldiers making significant in-roads听but failing to finish off the Islamist militants after running听into bands of well-armed guerrillas, mines and booby traps.
The #BringBackOurGirls activist group said Amina had told her rescuers the rest of the girls were under heavy Boko Haram guard in Sambisa.
The governor国产视频檚 comments came shortly after Amina, the first听girl to be rescued, met Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari.
国产视频淎mina国产视频檚 rescue gives us new hope and offers a unique听opportunity to vital information,国产视频 Buhari, a 73-year-old former听military ruler, said during a meeting with the teenager, her听mother and officials after a presidential jet flew her to Abuja.
Amina was discovered with her four-month-old baby, and the听army said it had detained a suspected Boko Haram militant called听Mohammed Hayatu, who said he was her husband.
Amina, who was accompanied by her mother, Binta, Nigeria国产视频檚 听defence minister and national security adviser, spent more than听an hour with Buhari, who made crushing Boko Haram a pillar of听his 2015 presidential election campaign.
Boko Haram captured 276 girls in a night-time raid on Chibok听in April 2014, its most high-profile assault. Some girls escaped in the melee but parents of the remaining 219 accused then-President Goodluck Jonathan of not doing enough to find their daughters, whose disappearance led to a wave of global outrage.
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