US EditionWoman rescued 10 years after Chibok kidnapping in Nigeria
- Nigerian troops rescued Lydia Simon, a pregnant woman abducted by Boko Haram 10 years ago, along with her three young children in Gwoza council area of Borno state. Her children were born during her captivity.
- Simon, part of the group of 276 schoolgirls taken in Chibok in 2014, was found five months pregnant, according to the army statement.
- The army photo showed Simon with her children, aged two to four, who were born while she was held captive.
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Gravida, mother of three, kidnapped near Ngoshe city Nigeria's military announced on Friday (February 18) that it has found one of the 276 students kidnapped by the jihadist organization Boko Haram 10 years ago in Chibok, northeast of the country. Read more: Chairman of the Kenyan Armed Forces and nine other officers killed in a helicopter crash; video "" Displaced "": At least ten members of the same family killed in an Israeli bombing of Rafah…
The young woman was "rescued with her three children" near Ngoshe city in the state of Borno, Nigeria, the Nigerian army said Thursday.
Nigerian woman rescued 10 years after kidnap by Boko Haram in Chibok
Lydia Simon, recovered along with three children born in captivity, was one of 276 schoolgirls taken in 2014Nigerian troops have rescued a pregnant woman and her three children 10 years after she was abducted by Boko Haram militants when she was a schoolgirl in the town of Chibok.Lydia Simon was rescued in Gwoza council area, about 95 miles (150km) east of Chibok, from where 276 schoolgirls were seized in April 2014. As many as 82 are still miss…
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Nigeria's army rescues a woman abducted from Chibok as a schoolgirl, and her 3 children - Seymour Tribune
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian soldiers rescued a woman who was abducted by extremists a decade ago while she was a schoolgirl in the village of Chibok, the army said Thursday. Her three children were also rescued. Lydia Simon, who is five months pregnant, was rescued by Nigerian troops in the Gwoza council area of Borno state, where the 15-year insurgency by Islamic extremists is concentrated, according to a statement from the army. Her age was…
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