A second Nigerian schoolgirl has been found, the Nigerian army said Thursday, according to the BBC and AFP. The news comes just two days after the first was rescued two years after a mass abduction by Boko Haram militants.
Army spokesman Col Usman Sani Kukasheka told the BBC that more details about the new rescue would be provided later.
The 276 girls were kidnapped from the Government Girls Secondary School in the town of Chibok on April 14, 2014. Some escaped, but more than 200 remain missing.
On Wednesday, Sesugh Akume, a spokesman for #BringBackOurGirls, said one of the abducted Chibok girls, Amina Ali Nkeki, was found in the fringes of the Sambisa forest by a local group of vigilantes that fights Boko Haram. Nkeki is believed to be the first of the schoolgirls to be rescued.
Amina Ali who have been missing for over two years was found Tuesday. BBC News reports she was found in the Sambisa Forest of northeast Nigeria by the Civilian Joint Task Force, which combats the Islamic militant group Boko Haram.
Nineteen-year-old Amina was from the town of Mbalala, along with 24 of the other kidnapped girls. One of her neighbors told the BBC that she was found with a baby, and her uncle said she was reunited with her mother. Sahara Reporters also reported that she was found with a baby, along with her Boko-Haram husband. According to Sahara Reporters, she said the other girls were either killed or married off to Boko Haram members.
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