Another Woman found in Nigerian bush 'was not in schoolgirl group'

The National police had said that they believed the woman, who was discovered near Mubi in Adamawa state on 24 September, was among the 219 teenagers kidnapped by the Islamist group from the town of Chibok in neighbouring Borno in April.

The announcement raised hopes for the release of the schoolgirls, whose abduction caused global outrage, but Chibok elders immediately disputed the claim, saying she was not on the list of missing and did not come from the town.

Now a source with detailed knowledge of the young woman's case said she had told the authorities that she was snatched four months earlier than the schoolgirls in a separate raid.

"She is a 23-year-old woman from Mubi. She was abducted in January by Boko Haram and taken to Sambisa Forest, where they have their enclave," the source told AFP.

"She was taken as a wife by a Boko Haram member called Mohammed. She was already married before she was abducted."