Soldiers of the Joint Task Force, North East, Operation Hadin Kai, said they rescued six women and children abducted by Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists in Ngoshe village, Gwoza Local Government Area, Borno State, North East Nigeria.
A statement on Friday by the Media Information Officer, Headquarters Joint Task Force North East, Operation Hadin Kai, Lt. Col. Sani Uba said the victims were rescued during a coordinated operation following sustained offensives, including air interdiction missions targeting terrorist hideouts in the Mandara Mountains.
He said troops acted on credible intelligence and intercepted the victims while returning from a successful overnight offensive operation in the early hours of May 1, 2026 around Amuda, a deserted area between Ngoshe and Gava, known for terrorist movement.
Those rescued, he said were: 18-year-old Zainab Idris; 17-year-old Fatima Abubakar; 24-year-old Maimuna Abdulrashid; one-year-old Muhammad Idris; seven-year-old Sadiq Abdullahi, and five-year-old Fatima Abdulrashid.
According to the spokesman, preliminary debriefing showed that the victims were among residents abducted during an attack on the Ngoshe community on March 3, 2026.
The victims were said to have been held in captivity in a terrorist enclave in Gava before they managed to escape.
The victims were given first aid and medical attention at a military facility before being handed over to community leaders and later reunited with their families in Ngoshe through the Wali of Ngoshe, Alhaji Shuaibu Dabawa, in what the statement described as an emotional ceremony.
The Armed Forces of Nigeria, Uba said reaffirmed their commitment to securing communities, rescuing abducted persons and eliminating terrorist elements across the North-East, urging residents to continue providing credible intelligence to security agencies. Sunrisereporters.
