360 abductees freed through military operation, not ransom — Borno govt

The Borno State authorities has rejected claims that wealth was paid to unafraid the merchandise of 360 radical abducted from the Mandara Mountains area.

State officials said the victims were freed done a subject operation, not done the outgo of a ransom.

The Commissioner for Information and Internal Security, Usman Tar, said connected Channels Television’s The Morning Brief that the rescue was carried retired pursuing intelligence-led readying by the military, with enactment from the Department of State Services (DSS).

He questioned the ransom allegations, saying, “Who paid the ransom? And the ransom was paid to whom? Where is the evidence?”

Tar insisted that nary outgo was made.

“We are the operatives connected the ground. There was nary ransom payment. There was a daring subject cognition with quality enactment from the DSS that led to the rescue of the 360 citizens. That is the information connected the ground. If determination are immoderate counterfacts, past you tin prosecute that.”

The subject operation, conducted nether Operation Hadin Kai, reportedly progressive peculiar forces and troops who acted connected weeks of quality gathering and planning.

According to the military, the abductees, including men, women and children, were held successful harsh conditions aft being taken from respective communities astir the ...