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                   Nigerian Army: Second Chibok Girl Rescued

   by VOA News

   The Nigerian army says a second schoolgirl kidnapped by Boko Haram
   militants more than two years ago in a raid on her school has been
   rescued.

   "Her name is Miss Serah Luka," army spokesman Colonel Sani Usman said
   in an emailed statement, saying she was from Madagali in the state of
   Adamawa. The military released a photograph of the girl, veiled in a
   long blue hijab common to the region and similar to hijabs worn by
   other abducted girls seen in Boko Haram videos.

   She is the second of 219 girls abducted and held since 2014 to be
   rescued.

   On Tuesday, the first girl, 19-year-old Amina Ali, was found with her
   4-month-old baby by civilian vigilantes in the Sambisa Forest area of
   Borno State. She is now being debriefed by Nigerian military officials.

   Ali and her mother met President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday at his
   residence in Abuja where he said the government is "doing all it can to
   rescue the remaining Chibok girls."

   "Amina's rescue gives us new hope, and offers a unique opportunity for
   vital information," he said in a statement issued after the meeting.

   Nigeria's military has been mounting an offensive in the sprawling,
   semi-desert scrubland since late April to flush out rebel fighters.

   Boko Haram grabbed 300 schoolgirls from their dormitory in the
   northeastern Nigerian town of Chibok on April 14, 2014 and herded them
   away during the night. Many escaped after the kidnapping, but more than
   200 are still missing.
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