At least one more former Chibok schoolgirl abducted by Boko Haram militants in 2014 has been found, Nigerian army Col. Sani Usman said.
Serah Luka was rescued about 5 p.m. local time Thursday during a military operation against the ISIS-affiliated militants, Usman said.
A total of 97 women and children were freed, he said. At least 35 Boko Haram fighters were killed, he added.
Serah Luka was taken to a hospital after her rescue.
Luka is the daughter of a pastor, Usman said, and had only started at the boarding school in Chibok a little more than two months before the Boko Haram raid. She was taken to a hospital.
As many as 276 schoolgirls were kidnapped at gunpoint from the school in northeast Nigeria, on April 14, 2014. Thursday's news came two days after government officials said another kidnap victim, Amina Ali Nkeki, was found in northeastern Nigeria.
Amina met with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential villa in Abuja on Thursday.
During the emotional meeting, President Buhari held the baby Amina gave birth to while a captive of the terror group.
"Like all Nigerians and many others around the world, I am delighted that Amina Ali is free, but it is tinged with deep sorrow with what she had to go through," Buhari said.
Amina was accompanied by her family and Borno State Gov. Kashim Shettima, whose residence she had visited the previous night.
Shettima had treated Amina, who was limping and severely malnourished when she arrived with her baby at his home, like a "VIP guest," a state government official told CNN.
"She is receiving high-level medical attention and the best doctors in the state are attending to her. The governor ordered for her release from the military as he wanted to make sure she and her baby daughter received urgent medical and psychological attention," he said.
CNN
Friday 20 May 2016
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