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Chibok girls: Nigerian army claims second rescue Boko Haram abductees freed in Nigeria
(about 3 hours later)
A second schoolgirl from the more than 200 seized in the Nigerian town of Chibok has been found, the army says. The Nigerian army says it has freed 97 women and girls from Boko Haram, including one of the more than 200 girls abducted from Chibok school.
But a spokesman for the Chibok girls' parents has cast doubt on the claims, saying that the girl's name is not on the families' list of those missing. However, Chibok campaigners say that while the girl in question was a pupil at the school, she was actually kidnapped from her home elsewhere.
An army spokesman said she was among a group of 97 women and children rescued by troops in the north-east. This comes days after the first of the Chibok girls was freed.
Islamist militant group Boko Haram has abducted thousands of other girls in recent years, rights groups estimate. The Islamist militant group has seized thousands of women and girls in northern Nigeria, rights groups say.
This comes two days after the rescue of the first Chibok girl. But it was the abduction of the girls from Chibok that gained international attention through the #BringBackOurGirls campaign, which was supported by US First Lady Michelle Obama and Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai.
The army has previously made mistakes in its statements about the rescue of the Chibok girls - in its initial statement after the first girl was found, it used the wrong name. The army has made several mistakes in its statements about the Chibok girls - in its initial statement after the first girl was found on Wednesday, it used the wrong name.
In all, 218 girls remain missing after their abduction by the Boko Haram Islamist group from Chibok secondary school in north-eastern Nigeria in 2014. It has claimed to have freed more than 100 of them before later backtracking.
The first rescued girl told a Chibok community leader that six of the kidnapped girls had died, but the rest were still in the Sambisa forest where she was found. In all, 218 girls remain missing since they were seized from Chibok secondary school in Borno state, north-eastern Nigeria, in April 2014.
In a statement, Col Usman said: "We are glad to state that among those rescued is a girl believed to be one of the Chibok Government (Girls) Secondary School girls that were abducted on 14 April 2014 by the Boko Haram terrorists." The girl rescued earlier this week told a Chibok community leader that six of the kidnapped girls had died but the rest were still in the Sambisa forest where she was found.
He said she was the daughter of a pastor. In a statement, army spokesman Col Sani Usman said the 97 women and girls had been found on Thursday in the Demboa area of Borno, during an operation in which 35 militants were killed.
But the head of the group representing the Chibok girls' parents said their own records did not match up with the details given by the army. "Among those rescued is a girl believed to be one of the Chibok Government Secondary School girls that were abducted on 14 April 2014," he said.
Yakubu Nkeki told the BBC there were four priests among the parents but none with the surname given by the army. However, the BringBackOurGirls group said it had established that the rescued girl had been abducted from her home in Madagali, in neighbouring Adamawa state.
Furthermore, the army said she comes from Madagali in Adamawa state, but Mr Nkeki said all the abducted girls were from Borno state. Earlier on Thursday, the first Chibok girl found was flown to the capital Abuja to meet President Muhammadu Buhari.
If the Nigerian army's information about the class the girl was in is correct, she would have been aged between 12 or 13 at the time of her abduction. Mr Buhari said he was delighted she was back and vowed to help her resume her education.
Most of the girls abducted were several years older and about to sit their school-leaving examinations. "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.
The confusion over the girl's identity may be down to the difficulty in getting confirmation from her parents, BBC Hausa editor Mansur Liman says.
Many of the parents of the Chibok girls are spread out, living in remote areas with little access to the internet, he adds.
Col Usman said the 97 women and girls were found on Thursday in the Demboa area of Borno.
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On patrol in the Sambisa forestOn patrol in the Sambisa forest
Torment of a freed Boko Haram 'bride'Torment of a freed Boko Haram 'bride'
Earlier on Thursday, the first Chibok girl found was flown to the capital Abuja to meet President Muhammadu Buhari.
Mr Buhari 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.
She was found by an army-backed vigilante group in the huge Sambisa Forest, close to the border with Cameroon, along with her four-month-old baby.She was found by an army-backed vigilante group in the huge Sambisa Forest, close to the border with Cameroon, along with her four-month-old baby.
She was with a suspected member of the Boko Haram Islamist group who claimed to be her husband. She was with a suspected member of Boko Haram who claimed to be her husband.
During the April 2014 attack, Boko Haram gunmen arrived in Chibok at night and raided the school dormitories, loading 276 girls onto trucks. During the April 2014 attack, Boko Haram gunmen arrived in Chibok at night and raided the school dormitories, loading 276 girls on to trucks.
More than 50 managed to escape within hours, mostly by jumping off the lorries and running into roadside bushes, leaving 219 in the hand of Boko Haram.More than 50 managed to escape within hours, mostly by jumping off the lorries and running into roadside bushes, leaving 219 in the hand of Boko Haram.
The abduction led to the #BringBackOurGirls campaign, which was supported by US First Lady Michelle Obama and Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai.
Boko Haram at a glance:Boko Haram at a glance:
Who are Boko Haram?Who are Boko Haram?