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Teenage girl rescued from Boko Haram visits President Buhari

Nigerian President Mohammadu Buhari (centre) flanked by Borno State Governor Kashim Shettima (right) and Chief of Staff for the Kaduna State Governor Hadiza Bala Usman (right) carries Amina Ali's four-month-old baby on her arrival at the presidency in Abuja, on Thursday. Amina, who is the first of 219 abducted Chibok schoolgirls to be found after more than two years in Boko Haram captivity, met Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari, with hopes raised more of the girls can be freed. [PHOTO: AFP]

Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday met the teenage girl rescued from Boko Haram two years ago.

Giving hope to many, Buhari said he would make it a priority that Amina Ali, who showed Buhari her four-month old baby, can go back to school.

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