Relative: Nigerian girl snatched by Boko Haram found, pregnant

18 May 2016, 4:57 pm

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A relative of one of the girls kidnapped by Boko Haram from Chibok says she has been found by Nigerian soldiers, making her the first freed from the Islamic extremists since the mass kidnapping more than two years ago. Her uncle describes her as pregnant and traumatized but otherwise fine.

Amina Ali Nkeki is the first of the 219 Chibok girls to escape from her captors since their abduction grabbed worldwide attention more than two years ago.

She was found wandering in the forest, uncle Yakubu Nkeki says. He says the 19-year-old — who was 17 when abducted — was brought to Chibok last night for her identity to be verified and to be reunited with her mother. Her father died while she was held captive, he says.

— AP