Troops of the Nigerian Army on Sunday in yet another raid on another Boko Haram camp rescued 14 women and children held under captivity in a village in Borno state.
Cache of arms and ammunitions were also recovered as soldiers under the 155 Task Force Battalion conducted a patrol to Nimila village yesterday.
Spokesman of the Nigerian Army, Col Sani Kukasheka Usman, said the troops had “rescued 14 persons from the clutches of Boko Haram terrorists and recovered weapons. The rescued persons were mostly women and children.
He said the troops also recovered 3 guns; a single barrel and two double barrels, three motor cycles in addition to two mobile telephone handsets.