Preliminary investigations, the statement noted showed that the victims were abducted by ISWAP fighters on November 15, 2025, while working on their farms located between Pumbum and Kwang villages.
The Nigerian Army has announced the rescue of a nursing mother, her two-month-old baby and another woman from captivity under suspected Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists during a military operation in Borno State.
In a statement, the army said the rescue operation was carried out on May 18, 2026, along the Yuwe axis by troops of under the 222 Battalion of the 21 Special Armoured Brigade as part of ongoing counter-terrorism offensives by Joint Task Force Operation HADIN KAI targeting terrorist hideouts in the North-East.
The rescued victims, according to the statement signed by Lt. Sani Abubakar Muhammad, Acting Assistant Director Army Public Relations, were identified as 25-year-old Comfort Sunday, her infant child, and 20-year-old Rose Adamu.
Preliminary investigations, the statement noted showed that the victims were abducted by ISWAP fighters on November 15, 2025, while working on their farms located between Pumbum and Kwang villages.
