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Nigerian army confirms rescue of another girl abducted by Boko Haram

Xinhua, May 20, 2016 Adjust font size:

Nigerian Army on early Friday confirmed the identity of a girl rescued by local troops as one of the school girls abducted from the town of Chibok in northeastern state of Borno by terror group Boko Haram in April 2014.

The girl, identified as Sarah Luka, was rescued during an operation on Thursday in an area of the Damboa district in the state, Army spokesman Col. Sani Usman said in a statement.

The news came after the rescue of another abducted Chibok school girl identified as Amina Ali-Nkeki on Sunday.

Luka was among 97 women and children rescued in the operation, in which 35 Boko Haram terrorists were killed, said the statement

Luka, who is believed to be the daughter of a pastor in Chibok, has been identified as No. 157 on the catalog of abducted school girls earlier provided by Nigerian authorities.

The Nigerian army said the young girl disclosed during a debriefing that she was a fresher at the government's secondary school in Chibok, where she had barely spent five weeks before her abduction by Boko Haram two years ago.

A total of 276 school girls were abducted by Boko Haram militants from their secondary school dormitories in Chibok in April 2014. In addition to the two girls rescued, 57 of the abducted girls have managed to escape.

Boko Haram has killed more than 10,000 people, mostly in northeastern Nigeria, since it launched its campaign of violence in 2009. The Nigerian Army has made progress in the fight against the terror group over the past year, retaking most of the areas controlled by the group. Endi