Saturday, May 02, 2015

Boko Haram: Troops Free Another 234 Women, Children From Sambisa
by UBONG UKPONG on May 2, 2015
Nigerian National Mirror

Troops of the Nigerian military in the ongoing operations in Sambisa forest, Borno State, have rescued another set of 234 women and children.

In an update yesterday, on the operations, the Defence Headquarters, DHQ,, through its Director of Defence Information, DDI, Maj-Gen. Chris Olukolade, said the additional set of victims were rescued on Thursday by the daring troops in the forest.

The DHQ further said that the troops were intensifying their assaults on the forest with the aim of rescuing all innocent civilians and destroying the camps and facilities of terrorists in the forest.

The troops had on Tuesday afternoon, freed 200 girls and 93 women, with an additional undisclosed numbers later announced by the Nigerian Army, bringing the total number of Boko Haram victims rescued from Sambisa between Tuesday and Thursday to over 600.

According to the DHQ, “Another set of 234 women and children were rescued through the Kawuri and Konduga end of Sambisa forest on Thursday. “They have been evacuated to join others at the place of ongoing screening.

“This set is in addition to the previous individuals earlier rescued during the ongoing operation in the area.

”The assault on the forest is continuing from various fronts and efforts are concentrated on rescuing hostages of civilians and destroying all terrorists camps and facilities in the forest.”

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