--- description: A vigilante group rescued one of the Chibok girls Tuesday more than two years after she was kidnapped by Boko Haram militants in Nigeria title: Missing Chibok Girl Rescued From Boko Haram in Nigeria image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfc7b55f3ff85e650/698893ba0a4a2234a89c9b53/chibok-girls.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Nigeria](/tag/nigeria/) ## Nigeria Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Missing Chibok Girl Rescued From Boko Haram in Nigeria  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent May 18, 2016 1:12 PM CUT  Members of the #BringBackOurGirls (#BBOG) campaign embrace each other at a sit-out in Abuja on May 18, 2016\. A Nigerian teenager kidnapped by Boko Haram more than two years ago has been rescued, the first of more than 200 girls seized in a raid on their school in Chibok town to return from captivity. Members of the #BringBackOurGirls (#BBOG) campaign embrace each other at a sit-out in Abuja on May 18, 2016\. A Nigerian teenager kidnapped by Boko Haram more than two years ago has been rescued, the first of more than 200 girls seized in a raid on their school in Chibok town to return from captivity.Afolabi Sotunde—Reuters  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent May 18, 2016 1:12 PM CUT A vigilante group rescued one of the [Chibok girls](http://time.com/3820857/chibok-girls-anniversary/?iid=sr-link1 "undefined") Tuesday more than two years after she was kidnapped by Boko Haram militants in Nigeria, according to reports. A vigilante fighter who was fighting Boko Haram found the girl and a baby close to Nigeria’s border with Cameroon, according to an NBC report [citing](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/bringbackourgirls-victim-found-2-years-after-kidnapping-official-n576056 "undefined") an activist leading the campaign to rescue the girls. Other girls have escaped their captors but the girl found this week was the first of the 276 girls taken to be rescued. The 2014 kidnapping has been the focus of worldwide attention as the Nigerian government has [tried—and failed](http://time.com/4181342/nigeria-muhammadu-buhari-chibok/ "undefined")—to free the girls. In the meantime, the Boko Haram terrorist group has [killed and kidnapped](http://time.com/4016723/boko-haram-nigeria-extremists-islamic-borno/ "undefined") many other Nigerians. \[[_NBC_](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/bringbackourgirls-victim-found-2-years-after-kidnapping-official-n576056 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4339812/chibok-girls-boko-haram-nigeria/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4339812/chibok-girls-boko-haram-nigeria/"},"headline":"Missing Chibok Girl Rescued From Boko Haram in Nigeria","datePublished":"2016-05-18T13:12:53.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T17:37:49.279Z","description":"Others have escaped but she's the first to be rescued","url":"https://time.com/4339812/chibok-girls-boko-haram-nigeria/","keywords":["Nigeria"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfc7b55f3ff85e650/698893ba0a4a2234a89c9b53/chibok-girls.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfc7b55f3ff85e650/698893ba0a4a2234a89c9b53/chibok-girls.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Members of the #BringBackOurGirls (#BBOG) campaign embrace each other at a sit-out in Abuja, Nigeria May 18, 2016. 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