AUTHORITIES say 201 kidnapped victims have been rescued in the last two weeks in various military operations in Borno and Kaduna States.
This was made known on Thursday by the Director, Defence Media Operations, Major General Musa Danmadami in Abuja.
Danmadami said during the bi-weekly briefing at the Defence Headquarters, that troops of Operation Whirl Stroke neutralised 14 terrorists, arrested 12 terrorist logistics suppliers and rescued 16 abducted civilians.
Meanwhile, earlier on Tuesday, the General Officer Commanding – GOC 7 Division and Commander Sector 1 Operation HADIN KAI, Major General Waidi Shaibu, made an operational visit to 112 Task Force Battalion, MAFA, Borno State, where he commended the efforts of the troops in thwarting a midnight attack by the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists on the town in the early hours of Sunday.