Troops rescue six abducted women, children in Borno

Troops of Operation Hadin Kai, OPHK, person rescued six women and children abducted by suspected Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists successful Ngoshe village, Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State.

The rescue was confirmed successful a connection issued connected Friday by the Media Information Officer of the Joint Task Force North-East, Lt. Col. Sani Uba.

According to the statement, the victims were rescued during a coordinated cognition pursuing sustained violative actions, including aerial interdiction missions targeting violent hideouts successful the Mandara Mountains.

Uba said troops, acting connected credible intelligence, intercepted and rescued the victims successful the aboriginal hours of May 1, 2026, astir Amuda, a deserted country betwixt Ngoshe and Gava known for violent activities.

The rescued persons were identified arsenic Zainab Idris (18), Fatima Abubakar (17), Maimuna Abdulrashid (24), Muhammad Idris (1), Sadiq Abdullahi (7), and Fatima Abdulrashid (5).

Preliminary findings showed that the victims were abducted during an onslaught connected Ngoshe assemblage connected March 3, 2026, and had been held successful captivity successful a violent enclave earlier escaping.

The connection added that troops came nether sporadic occurrence arsenic fleeing terrorists attempted to prosecute the escapees, but were repelled aft a little exchange.

The subject said accrued unit connected violent groups has weakened their operations, starring to disarray and flight attempt...