One of the school students snatched by Boko Haram when they raided a Nigerian dormitory has been found wandering through a small north-eastern village, the first confirmed escape since the atrocity that shocked the world in April this year.
Of the almost 300 girls and young women rounded up and carted away after Boko Haram stormed Chibok secondary school, a handful fled during the initial confusion. A relentless string of attacks in remote northern towns in Boko Haram’s stronghold of Borno state prompted a summit in Paris that led to a renewed military push from Nigeria, neighbours Chad, Cameroon and Niger, and western allies including the US and the UK. But five months on, 276 of the girls remain in captivity and abductions continue to be used as a strategy by the extremists.
Conflicting details emerged about how the 20-year-old was found, with officials saying she was dropped off by suspected militants, while residents said she had escaped.
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