A decade on, Nigeria army rescues abducted Chibok girl

Abuja: Nigerian troops rescued another of the missing Chibok girls, 10 years after Boko Haram jihadists kidnapped more than 270 of them from their sch...

Abuja: Nigerian troops rescued another of the missing Chibok girls, 10 years after Boko Haram jihadists kidnapped more than 270 of them from their school in the northeast, the army said on Thursday.

A decade after the abduction sparked international outcry, almost 100 of the girls seized at a secondary school in the Chibok district are still thought to be held captive or are missing.

Nigeria's army said on Thursday troops rescued Lydia Simon with her three children in Gwoza district in northeast Borno State.

"Lydia was five months pregnant at the time of her rescue and claimed to be from Pemi Town in Chibok," it said.

Over the years since the 2014 abduction, the army has rescued a number of the Chibok women, many of whom were forced into marriage by their jihadist captors and returned with children.