A boisterous Nigerian Army today announced the finding of one of the 219 abducted Chibok girls.
“This is to confirm that one of the abducted Chibok schoolgirls… was among rescued persons by our troops,” army spokesman Colonel Sani Usman said in a statement.
The girl’s name was given as Falmata Mbalala. She was found in Baale, near the town of Damboa, which is 90 kilometres (56 miles) southwest of the Borno state capital, Maiduguri.
It is gathered that the girl was found on Tuesday night and brought to meet her mother in the town of Mbalala, near Chibok, before she was taken to a military base in Damboa.
In any case, Manaseh Allan, a Chibok youth leader, told AFP that “the girl was found by local vigilantes in Kilakesa village on the edge of Sambisa Forest near Damboa.
“She was brought first to Chibok by the vigilantes who took her to the vice-principal of her school, who immediately identified her as Aisha Ali, which is her name in the school register.
“She was presented to community leaders as Amina Ali but her name as it appears in the school register is Aisha Ali.
“It is common for children in Chibok to be called with one name in school and another at home.
Meanwhile, the army is still clueless over the fate of the remaining 218 missing girls.
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