Second schoolgirl rescued from Boko Haram’s clutches

During the April 2014 attack, Boko Haram gunmen arrived in Chibok at night and raided the school dormitories, loading 276 girls onto trucks. More than 50 managed to escape within hours, mostly by jumping off the lorries and running into roadside bushes.

Now, two days after the rescue of the first Chibok girl, Amina Ali Nkeki, spokesman Col Sani Usman said Serah Luka, a second Chibok girl, was among 97 women and children rescued by troops in operations in the northeastern Borno State.

In all, 217 girls remain missing after their abduction by extremist group Boko Haram.

"We are glad to state that among those rescued is a girl believed to be one of the Chibok Government Secondary School girls that were abducted on 14 April 2014 by the Boko Haram terrorists," Col Usman said in a statement on Thursday.

"During the operations, the troops killed 35 Boko Haram terrorists and recovered several arms and ammunitions and other items. In addition, they rescued 97 women and children held captives by the Boko Haram terrorists."

Earlier on Thursday, the first Chibok girl found, Amina, 19, was flown to the capital Abuja to meet President Muhammadu Buhari, who said he was delighted she was back and could resume her education.

"But my feelings are tinged with deep sadness at the horrors the young girl has had to go through at such an early stage in her life," he added.

Amina and her four-month-old baby were found together with a suspected member of the Boko Haram by an army-backed vigilante group in the huge Sambisa Forest, close to the border with Cameroon.