No fewer than 386 people, mostly women and children, have been rescued by the Army in the Sambisa forest 10 years after their abduction.
According to The PUNCH, the acting GOC 7 Division, Brig. Gen. AGL Haruna, made this known while speaking to newsmen on Saturday at the outskirts of Sambisa forest in Konduga Local Government Area.
Haruna said that the operation tagged “Operation Desert Sanity 111” was to clear Sambisa forest of the remnants of all categories of terrorists as well as provide some of them eager to surrender as observed the opportunity to do so.
“Our effort is to ensure that we clear remnants of terrorists in the Sambisa and give those willing to surrender the opportunity to surrender.
“With this operation, we envisage many of them will surrender as they have started.
“We also rescued some civilians; as of yesterday, we rescued 386 and I am sure the number will increase by today,” Haruna said.
The GOC, who addressed the troops on the message of Chief of Army Staff, lauded their performance and professionalism exhibited during the operation and urged them to sustain the tempo.
