Nigerian schoolgirl reunited with family

One of the 219 Nigerian schoolgirls who was abducted by Islamist militant group Boko Haram in April 2014, was rescued by soldiers working together with a civilian vigilante group and reunited with her family on Wednesday.

The girl, identified as Amina Ali Darsha Nkeki, reportedly told the rescuers about her schoolmates, many of whom are still being detained in the Boko Haram-dominated Sambisa Forest in the northeast.

Amina, found with a four-month-old baby, was accompanied by a man, Mohammed Hayatu, who claimed to be her husband, writes the BBC. Hayatu was detained by Nigerian military, which suspected him to be a Boko Haram functionary.

Amina, who appears to be a teenager, seemed “tired and was limping," notes Reuters. She will be visiting capital Abuja to meet President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday.

Amina’s escape from Boko Haram may be a big boost for the president, experts said, who pegged his 2015 election campaign to the promise of crushing the rising insurgency in the country.

Boko Haram has engaged in an armed struggle against the Nigerian government and seeks to establish a medieval Islamic caliphate, reports Al Jazeera. In the unrest, approximately 15,000 people have been killed and more than two million displaced in Nigeria.