Nigeria's missing Chibok schoolgirl found eight years after Boko Haram abduction: army


By Tunji

ABUJA, June 15 (Xinhua) -- A missing Nigerian schoolgirl abducted from a school dormitory together with over 200 others in the northeastern state of Borno has been found eight years after the abduction by extremist militant group Boko Haram, the army said on Wednesday.

The young woman, identified as Mary Ngoshe and believed to be one of the 276 Chibok schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram on the night of April 14, 2014, at the Government Girls' Secondary School in Chibok, a town in Borno, was found during a patrol by army personnel on Tuesday, according to a terse statement by the army.

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