One of the 219 girls abducted from Chibok by Boko Haram terror group has been found alive.
Amina Ali was among the group of women rescued on Tuesday on the fringe of Sambisa forest by a local vigilante group. Amina was found with a 4 month old baby which happens to be her baby and fathered by one of her abductors.
The girl, women and children were found following a military onslaught on Baale village near Damboa in Borno State and rescued.
According to a local vigilante, who identified himself as Apaagu, he said immediately he saw Amina he recognized her from among the other women because he is also from Chibok community and he also knows the girls’ parents.
The local vigilante, Apaagu told the soldiers that Amina was on of the Chibok girls that were missing. Amina was then picked out from among the other women.
Amina was then taken to her family house in Chibok where she met her mother in an emotional reunion before she was taken away by the military in Damboa.
Amina was yesterday taken to Maiduguri, where she was received by Governor Kashim Shettima.
President Muhammadu Buhari may meet with the rescued girl before being allowed to unite with her parents, a presidential spokesman said yesterday.
Apaagu the local vigilante narrates: “When we arrived at the house, I called upon the mother to come out and identify someone. The moment she saw Amina, she shouted her name: ‘Amina, Amina!’ She gave her a huge hug, as if they were going to fall and roll on the ground.
“The mother called the attention of other relations, the girl started comforting her mother, saying: ‘Please Mum, take it easy, I never thought I would see you again, wipe your tears. God has made it possible for us to see again.’
A statement by Sesugh Akume, spokesperson of the Bring Back Our Girls advocacy, identified Amina as one of the missing girls on its list. The group said her name is listed as number 127 in the list of 219 girls.
The group said: “One of our abducted Chibok girls, Amina Ali Darsha Nkeki from Mbalala, has been found in Kulakaisa area at the fringes of Sambisa Forest by vigilantes from Chibok on patrol last night. “Her name is #127 on our list of 219 missing Chibok girls attached.
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