Troops of Operation HADIN KAI have rescued 10 National Examinations Council candidates and teachers abducted by suspected Islamic State West Africa Province terrorists during an attack on a secondary school in Lassa Community, Askira Uba Local Government Area of Borno State.
The military disclosed on Monday that the victims were rescued during a coordinated air and ground operation launched shortly after the terrorists stormed the Technical Secondary School while students were writing their NECO examinations.
According to a statement by the Acting Military Information Officer, Headquarters Joint Task Force North East, Operation HADIN KAI, Capt. Mohammed Goni, the attack occurred at about 9:00 a.m. on Monday.
He said, “Immediately upon receipt of the incident, Theatre Command scrambled both strike and Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft from the Air Component of Operation HADIN KAI to support troops mobilised to the area for a coordinated search and rescue operation.”
Goni explained that troops, guided by the overhead air platforms, made contact with the fleeing terrorists around Daggu, leading to a fierce gun battle.
