Men of the Nigerian Army have rescued 275 persons held hostage by the Boko Haram terrorists. The rescue operation, according to Naij.com, was carried out by troops of 152 Task Force Battalion in conjunction with troops of Sector 1 of Multinational Joint Task Force on Sunday, April 4, 2016.
The newspaper however did not confirm if any of the kidnapped Chibok school girls is among the rescued hostages. One interesting thing is that, one of the rescued persons gave birth to baby boy shortly after their liberation. Both mother and the child are doing fine.
They also discovered and destroyed the Boko Haram terrorists’ IED making factory at Bula Umara and killed 15 terrorists in the same area. The troops cleared terrorists camp in Madawaya, Jere, Kardile, Koujili, Ngenere and Maksamari, as well as Douse, Bembem, Zombulum and Taraji villages.
Besides, the troops recovered an AK-47 rifle, 4 fully loaded magazines with 7.62mm ammunitions, two power generating sets, welding machines, assorted batteries and solar panels.
Fifteen terrorists were also killed in the attack as some weapons, vehicles and motorcycles were captured.
Other items recovered include drums of beans and other grains as well as Bandolier.
Nigerian Army said that the troops have continued with their clearance operations to other suspected hideouts of the Boko Haram terrorists in their areas of operations.
