Nigerian soldiers find another Chibok girl

Some of the Chibok girls who were kidnapped by Boko Haram. File picture: Reuters

Some of the Chibok girls who were kidnapped by Boko Haram. File picture: Reuters

Published Jan 5, 2017

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Lagos - Nigerian soldiers have found a

schoolgirl who was one of more than 200 pupils kidnapped by

Islamist militant group Boko Haram from their school in the

northeastern town of Chibok in April 2014, an army spokesman

said on Thursday.

The troops were investigating suspected Boko Haram militants

when they discovered Rakiya Abubkar, the spokesman said in a

statement. She had a six-month-old baby with her, it said.

A total of 276 schoolgirls were abducted by Boko Haram from

Chibok in 2014 in one of the most infamous actions of their

insurgency. More than 20 were released in October in a deal

brokered by the International Red Cross. Others have escaped or

been rescued but about 200 are believed to be still in

captivity.

Boko Haram has killed 15 000 people and displaced more than

two million during a seven-year-old insurgency aimed at creating

an Islamic caliphate in northeast Nigeria.

Reuters

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