{"id":34635,"date":"2017-05-18T07:57:10","date_gmt":"2017-05-18T07:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/nigeria-chibok-girls-lone-schoolgirl-escapes-boko\/"},"modified":"2017-05-18T07:57:01","modified_gmt":"2017-05-18T07:57:01","slug":"nigeria-chibok-girls-lone-schoolgirl-escapes-boko","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/nigeria-chibok-girls-lone-schoolgirl-escapes-boko\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria Chibok girls: Lone schoolgirl escapes Boko Haram captivity"},"content":{"rendered":"

{A schoolgirl who was abducted by Nigeria’s militant Islamists in 2014 has escaped from captivity, a presidential aide has told the BBC.}<\/p>\n

The girl was found by government troops while she was escaping, Femi Adesina said, without giving details.<\/p>\n

She was among 276 girls seized by Boko Haram from north-eastern Chibok town in 2014, sparking global outrage.<\/p>\n

A total of 103 of the girls have been released so far, including 82 earlier this month in a prisoner swap.<\/p>\n

The 82 girls, who met Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on 7 May, are expected to be reunited with their families later this week.<\/p>\n

They were escorted to a reception in the capital Abuja by armed soldiers, after a check-up at a medical centre.<\/p>\n

“I cannot express in a few words how happy I am to welcome our dear girls back to freedom,” Mr Buhari told the girls in Abuja, according to his office.<\/p>\n

“On behalf of all Nigerians, I will like to share my joy with you.”<\/p>\n

The number of Boko Haram suspects released by the authorities in exchange for the girls remains unknown.<\/p>\n

Last month, President Buhari said the government remained “in constant touch through negotiations, through local intelligence, to secure the release of the remaining girls and other abducted persons unharmed”.<\/p>\n

Aside from the Chibok girls, Boko Haram has kidnapped thousands of other people during its eight-year insurgency, which is aimed at creating an Islamic caliphate in north-eastern Nigeria.<\/p>\n

The government says more than 30,000 people have been killed, and hundreds of thousands forced to flee their homes.<\/p>\n

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Source:BBC <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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