BREAKING: Chibok girl found alive

One of the 219 schoolgirls kidnapped from Government Secondary School, Chibok in Borno state, has been found.

Tunji Olarenwaju, a member of the strategic team of the Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) movement, told TheCable on Wednesday, that members of the civilian joint task force (CJTF), a local vigilante outfit, found the girl identified as Amina Nkeki in Sambisa forest.

He said the chairman of the parents of the kidnapped Chibok girls confirmed this to members of the BBOG on Wednesday.

“The abducted Chibok girl, Nkeki, from Mbalala, a community in Chibok,was found in Kulakaisa area at the fringes of Sambisa forest by vigilantes from Chibok on patrol on Tuesday,” he said.

“That she is already breastfeeding a child, all of them are still in the Sambisa forest, six were already dead, they are well secured and protected for Nigerian army to penetrate and she has been taking to troops at Damboa after verifying her to the Chibok Community at home.”

A total of 276 girls were abducted on April 14 2014, while 57 managed to escape, the remaining have been in captivity.

Nkeki is the first Chibok girl to be rescued.

More to follow…