'To have her snatched away... it was heartbreaking': Mother of kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirl made pregnant by a Boko Haram militant breaks her silence and reveals she feared she would never see her daughter again

First of more than 200 girls kidnapped by Boko Haram in Nigeria found

Amina Ali was 17 when abducted and has reportedly had a baby

Ms Ali was found in Borno state and is back with her family

Boko Haram has been holding 219 schoolgirls captive since 2014

The mother of the first Chibok schoolgirl to be rescued from the clutches of Boko Haram has broken her silence to reveal she thought she would never see her again.

Binta Ali had lost hope of ever seeing Amina again, who was taken by the Islamist militants from her school in Chibok two years ago.

But it seems the possibility of starvation pushed Amina's 'husband' Mohammed Hayatu - said to be a Boko Haram fighter - to venture to the edges of the forest, where they were found by a vigilante group.

Yesterday, Binta - whose husband died just six months after Amina was snatched - was reunited with the 19-year-old, embracing her with such joy onlookers said they were certain they were going to 'roll on the ground'.

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