One of the Chibok girls has been rescued. She was out collecting firewood, and a group of volunteer searchers happened to be in the right place at the right time to encounter her, so she’s free.

Amina Ali Nkeki, 19, was found with a baby by an army-backed vigilante group on Tuesday in the huge Sambisa Forest, close to the border with Cameroon.

She was one of 219 pupils missing since being abducted from a secondary school in the town of Chibok in April 2014.

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After her escape from Boko Haram, Ms Nkeki had an emotional reunion with her mother.

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Ms Nkeki was reportedly recognised by a fighter of the civilian Joint Task Force (JTF), who was on patrol as part of a vigilante group set up to fight Boko Haram.

She was with a suspected Boko Haram fighter who is now in the Nigerian military’s custody. Named as Mohammed Hayatu, he said he was Ms Nkeki’s husband.

No, dude. She was kidnapped. She was held captive. You’re not her husband.

Another campaign group working for the girls’ release, the Pathfinders Justice Initiative, said there was a “renewed sense of energy and hope and excitement” among families of the girls after Ms Nkeki’s escape.

Executive director Evon Idahosa told the BBC World Service’s Newsday programme that there was now “no excuse” for the Nigerian government not to step up efforts to free the remaining captives.

“They [the families] are excited but they have also been disappointed so much in the past, particularly during the Jonathan administration [from 2010-2015].”

Bring them back.