Troops rescue 16 kidnapped Chibok girls with children in Borno
Troops of Operation Hadin Kai, North-East, in Sambisa forest, have rescued 16 kidnapped Chibok school girls, who are
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Troops of Operation Hadin Kai, North-East, in Sambisa forest, have rescued 16 kidnapped Chibok school girls, who are
He assured the people of the North East in particular, that Operation Hadin Kai remains resolute and determined in neutralizing all vestiges of terrorist elements as well as criminals marauding the North East and returning total and long lasting peace to the region.
The army says Hauwa Maltha and Esther Marcus, were rescued on 21 April by troops of 114 Taskforce Battalion Bitta at Lagara, under the 21 armoured Brigade Bama during Operations.
April 14 marks the ninth anniversary of the tragic abduction of nearly 300 school girls by the Nigerian Islamic terror group Boko Haram.
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ), Abuja, has accused Reuters, a British international news agency, of attempt to blackmail the Nigerian military through what it described as “mercenary journalism.” The Director, Defence Information, Maj.-Gen. Jimmy Akpor, disclosed this in a statement, adding that the news outlet wrote that it was working on a series of stories about purported actions of the Nigerian military during the government’s 13-year war against Islamist insurgents in Nigeria’s North-East.