Chibok girls: One of the abducted girls rescued; reunites with family

The first of the missing Nigerian schoolgirls to be rescued since her capture two years ago has had an emotional reunion with her mother.

Amina Ali Nkeki, 19, was found with a baby by an army-backed vigilante group on Tuesday in the huge Sambisa Forest, close to the border with Cameroon.

She was one of 219 pupils missing since they were abducted by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram from a secondary school in eastern Chibok in April 2014.

Amina was reportedly recognised by a civilian fighter of the Civilian Joint Task Force (JTF), a vigilante group set up to help fight Boko Haram.

She was with a suspected Boko Haram fighter who is now in the Nigerian military's custody. Named as Mohammed Hayatu, he said he was Amina's husband. 

A spokesman for Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari said the rescued young woman would be brought to meet the head of state, before being helped to reintegrate into society.

Hosea Abana Tsambido, the chairman of the Chibok community in Abuja, Abuja, told the BBC that Amina had been found after venturing into the forest to search for firewood.

"She was saying… all the Chibok girls are still there in the Sambisa except six of them that have already died."