28th August, 2023
By Kazeem Ugbodaga
Nigerian troops have shot a terrorist dead and rescued 25 hostages in different clearance operation in Borno, North East Nigeria.
Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, Director, Army Public Relations, in a statement on Monday said troops of 144 Battalion had successfully rescued 25 hostages held captive by Boko Haram terrorists.
He said the troop, in conjunction with Hybrid Force, extricated 14 hostages in a clearance operation at Gobara village in Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno state on Saturday 26 August 2023, adding that the rescued persons included six women and eight children.
Nwachukwu added that in a similar operation on Sunday, 27 August, 2023, troops of 82 Task Force Battalion in conjunction with Hybrid Force, raided Boko Haram terrorists enclave in Gava Village in Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State and rescued 11 civilians.
“All rescued victims are presently in troops’ custody undergoing profiling,” he said.
The army spokesman disclosed that in a separate operation also on 27 August, 2023, seven members of a Boko Haram family surrendered to troops of 81 Division Task Force Battalion in Dikwa Local Government Area of Borno State,
He said those who surrendered comprised three adults and four children.
“In an anti-banditry operation on 27 August 2023 in Kaduna State, troops of 2 Battalion, Nigerian Army, acting on actionable information neutralized one criminal and freed four kidnap victims in Kwana Shehu Village in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
“The rescued victims have since been reunited with their families. Members of the public are please enjoined to support the troops with credible information to enhance ongoing operations across the country,” he said.