Nigerian Military Handover 275 Rescued Women to NEMA

Nigerian military has released the 275 women rescued from operations in Sambisa forest to officials of the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA. The victims, 69 women, 14 girls, 26 male children aged between 6 and 12-years, 49 male children aged 5 years, 48 female children aged 0 to 5 years and 69 female aged 6 to12years – were received from the 23 Armoured Brigade Yola.

The Nigerian military had on two different occasions rescued two sets of over 200 women and children from the Sambisa forest, a notorious stronghold of the Boko Haram terrorists. Although full details of the identity of the freed victims have not been released, Borno officials have said they are not the Chibok schoolgirls whose kidnap last year triggered international attention.

Twenty-one other injured people freed by the military have been admitted to the Federal Medical Centre, Yola in Adamawa State.