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1st Chibok girl to escape Boko Haram to be feted in Nigeria

By MICHELLE FAUL, Associated Press
Published: May 19, 2016, 1:34pm

LAGOS, Nigeria — The first Chibok teenager to escape from Boko Haram’s Sambisa Forest stronghold was flown to Abuja on Thursday and met with Nigeria’s president, even as her freedom adds pressure on the government to do more to rescue 218 other missing girls.

The 19-year-old, who was 17 when she was kidnapped, was shielded from journalists when she arrived at the presidential villa, with her mother carrying her 4 month-old baby.

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