DHAKA: The first of the missing Nigerian schoolgirls to be rescued while her capture two years ago is to meet President Muhammadu Buhari.

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, BBC reports on Thursday (May 19).

She was one of 219 pupils missing since they were abducted from a secondary school in eastern Chibok in April 2014.

They were taken by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram.

On Wednesday, Amina and her four-month-old baby were flown by the Nigerian Air Force Maiduguri - the capital of Borno state.

Earlier, they were examined at a local military facility.

Amina, who has had an emotional reunion with her mother, is expected to arrive in the country’s capital Abuja later on Thursday to meet President Buhari.

Buhari’s spokesman said the young woman would then be helped to reintegrate into society.

BDST: 1535 HRS, May 19, 2016
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