Military rescues another set of 234 women, children

Another set of 234 women and chil­dren were res­cued through the Kawuri and Konduga end of Sambisa forest on Thursday. They have been evacuated to join oth­ers at the place of ongoing screening. This set is in addition to the 293 girls and women earlier rescued during the ongoing opera­tion in the area.
The Director, Defence In­formation, Major General Chris Olukolade, who dis­closed this in a press state­ment, said assault on the forest is continuing from various fronts and efforts are concentrated on rescuing hostages of civilians and de­stroying all terrorists camps and facilities in the forest.
As at press time, it was not clear if the abducted Chibok girls are among them.