President Bola Tinubu has welcomed what he described as the rescue of 308 abducted people abducted from various communities in Kwara and Niger states.
This was disclosed in a statement issued by presidential spokesperson Bayo Onanuga, on Wednesday.
In February, PREMIUM TIMES reported that Boko Haram terrorists kidnapped about 176 people from Woro, a Kwara community on the fringe of Kainji Lake National Park. A month before the attack, the group abducted an unspecified number of people from Kasuwan Daji, a village in neighbouring Niger State.
In subsequent attacks on other villages — Konkoso, Kabe, Sukumba and Pissa — in Niger, the group kidnapped scores of people and killed many.
Mr Onanuga said the rescued victims comprised 163 residents of Woro and 145 others abducted from communities in neighbouring Niger State. He did not specify the communities in Niger from which the 145 victims were rescued.
