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Troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) have successfully rescued 12 teenage girls abducted by ISWAP terrorists in Mussa District of Askira/Uba Local Government Area of Borno State, reliable security sources confirmed on Sunday.

The victims, all aged between 15 and 20, were kidnapped on Nov. 23 while harvesting crops on their family farmlands. The incident triggered panic across the district, forcing many residents to flee to neighbouring communities.

A security source, told Zagazola Makama that the rescue operation was successful as all the girls had returned safely.

Although details of the operation were still sketchy at the time of filing this report, sources said some individuals played significant roles in facilitating the safe recovery of the girls.

Zagazola could not immediately verify whether any ransom was paid or the precise circumstances that led to the rescue.

The rescued girls include: Fatima Shaibu,(17) Fatima Umaru (15), Hauwa Abubakar (18), Saliha Muhammed (15), Sadiya Umaru (17), Amira Babel (15), Zara Adamu (17), Nana Shaibu (15), Zainab Musa (18), Zainab Muhammed (17), Jamila Saidu (15) and Hauwa Hamidu (17).

Zagazola learnt that the victims have since been moved to a secure military location for medical evaluation and profiling, after which they will be reunited with their families.

The rescue comes amid renewed military offensives in the southern Borno axis, where troops have intensified clearance operations against ISWAP remnants responsible for recurrent attacks and abductions.

Parents of the abducted girls expressed relief, describing the development as a “major emotional breakthrough” after a week of uncertainty and fear.

Source: Zagazola Makama

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The question always is, how can victims be rescued without any casualty from the kidnappers side? Or did the soldiers just go there and ordered the bandits to release the victims? I don't understand

Abeg how much was paid?
If this continues,then everybody go turn bandits coz na oil money

Na becos of the above comments I advised the tinubbu govt to establish a public bandit negotiations platform

Make we at least dey see transparency in these money exchange gimmick

pdppower:
The question always is, how can victims be rescued without any casualty from the kidnappers side? Or did the soldiers just go there and ordered the bandits to release the victims? I don't understand

the troops will just go there and unleash their abido shaker, the more you look the less you see

pdppower:
The question always is, how can victims be rescued without any casualty from the kidnappers side? Or did the soldiers just go there and ordered the bandits to release the victims? I don't understand

Usually, after series of conversations between the security operative and bandits leaders/representative via mobile phone (they usually speak to parent of their victims or government officials with the phones obtained from their victims).
If no ransom was reportedly paid, it means the victims where released in exchange for some detained bandits.

Usually once agreement is reached between the two parties ( bandit leaders and government officials or security operatives) either for ransom or release of their members, they will drop the girls in a location very far from their base and ask the operative to go and pick the girls there.

Mind you, their victims are usually blindfolded before taking them to any location for pickup.

It is a very tricky arrangement

Very welcome development.. good to hear the girls are rescued.

We look forward to rescue of other kidnapped victims across the affected states

Kudos to the security forces

commoditiesnig:
Very welcome development.. good to hear the girls are rescued.

We look forward to rescue of other kidnapped victims across the affected states

Kudos to the security forces

zombie

Any operation without the terrorists being captured or killed is not rescue.

Ransom was paid..

We all know ow what's happening here . Let's cut this trap and face the truth ... if the girls were rested, where are the terrorists who kidnapped thrm.

How do you keep rescuing kidnapped victims but nothing ever happens to the attackers? So the terrorists just decided to give their lives to Christ and allow the girls go?

Omo na to go learn this language enter bush o

pdppower:
The question always is, how can victims be rescued without any casualty from the kidnappers side? Or did the soldiers just go there and ordered the bandits to release the victims? I don't understand

There probably were casualites...on the kidnappers side. Knowing ISWAP, those guys are certifiably insane.

Una don dey do arranged rescue ? 😂

bullshit spoken here‼️
I wonder how Nigeria government operate

I smell a conspiracy somewhere.

All of a sudden there is an impression that Muslims too are being targeted by terrorists and pictures of Hijab wearing girls have began to surface on our screens to clear an international impression of Christian Genocide in the North.

Northen gals don suffer for the hands of these Islamic terrorists..
E come be like say the whole jihad is all about kpekuus

Dogalmighty17:
How do you keep rescuing kidnapped victims but nothing ever happens to the attackers? So the terrorists just decided to give their lives to Christ and allow the girls go?

Assymetric fighting is a different game from conventional warfare.

Also, keep in mind that terror groups are not concentrated in one spot, they are dispersed. A trick borrowed from Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeda, who borrowed it from secular revolutionaries and fighters.

If Tinumbu can't stop all these by himself then he should swallow his pride and ask for help.

They need to stop playing politics with security.

People have died and thousands of lives changed forever but because it doesn't affect them personally they can afford to be aloof.

This story is not about rescue, it's about the return of the girls. FG should stop using people's brain, Nigerians are wiser than this. Enough of this mess

Franking:
If Tinumbu can't stop all these by himself then he should swallow his pride and ask for help.

They need to stop playing politics with security.

People have died and thousands of lives changed forever but because it doesn't affect them personally they can afford to be aloof.

Bro, at this rate, it will affect all families and friends in Naija in the next few months, this is alarming

Godfullsam:
Usually, after series of conversations between the security operative and bandits leaders/representative via mobile phone (they usually speak to parent of their victims or government officials with the phones obtained from their victims).
If no ransom was reportedly paid, it means the victims where released in exchange for some detained bandits.

Usually once agreement is reached between the two parties ( bandit leaders and government officials or security operatives) either for ransom or release of their members, they will drop the girls in a location very far from their base and ask the operative to go and pick the girls there.

Mind you, their victims are usually blindfolded before taking them to any location for pickup.

It is a very tricky arrangement

In other words government negotiates with bandits and terrorists.

All our missions are labeled with Arabic names in a secular state but somehow, you want to use Arabic to defeat Arabic ideologies...


Ok na


Good that the girls were rescued safely but sadly, they also share the ideologies of the terrorists.


Very hard to sympathize with these people.

pdppower:
The question always is, how can victims be rescued without any casualty from the kidnappers side? Or did the soldiers just go there and ordered the bandits to release the victims? I don't understand

Since you don't understand then you can't nderstabd.

We want the girls back and we got them back, the casuloty number is personal to the millitary because enough of counting numbers of terrorist dead bodies so you can't understand the tactics in operation at the moment.

Several time the millitary showed dead bodies of those bitch you called it audio so why worried about casualties again? No need ok

Pls if you want to know the casualty number proced to Born or the ISWAP Den.

Hope the terrorists are dead, anyone caught should be forced to release information and expended.

pdppower:
The question always is, how can victims be rescued without any casualty from the kidnappers side? Or did the soldiers just go there and ordered the bandits to release the victims? I don't understand

There's a game going on, "One sided genocide in Nigeria is not real"
Needs to be justified

As usual, no arrest was made.