Nigerian soldiers have successfully rescued a woman who was abducted by extremists a decade ago in the village of Chibok. The army announced on Thursday that Lydia Simon, who was kidnapped as a schoolgirl, was found in the Gwoza council area of Borno state. She was rescued along with her three children, who are estimated to be between the ages of 2 and 4. Simon, who is currently five months pregnant, has not yet been reunited with her family.
Simon was one of the 276 girls taken from their school in Chibok in April 2014 during the peak of extremist violence in the region. Despite this recent rescue, approximately 82 of the abducted girls remain in captivity. The Chibok kidnapping was the first in a series of mass school abductions in Nigeria, sparking the global #BringBackOurGirls campaign.
