The Nigerian Army says its operatives have rescued about 386 persons from Sambisa forest.
Gatekeepers News reports that the acting general officer commanding, 7 division, AGL Haruna, made this known on Sunday while briefing journalists in Konduga LGA, Borno state.
The rescued victims were said to be mostly women and children, most of whom were abducted 10 years ago.
Haruna was in the LGA to welcome troops who were returning from a 10-day ‘Operation Desert Sanity 111’.
He said the objective of the operation was to evict remnants of terrorists from Sambisa forest and give those willing to surrender the opportunity to do so.
“Our effort is to ensure that we clear remnants of terrorists in the Sambisa and give those willing to surrender the opportunity to surrender,” Haruna said.
“With this operation, we envisage many of them will surrender as they have started.
“We also rescued some civilians; as of yesterday, we rescued 386 and I am sure the number will increase by today.”
Haruna commended the operatives for their level of professionalism during the operation while urging them to sustain the tempo.
