Nigerian security forces have successfully rescued over 300 individuals abducted during violent raids across Kwara and Niger states.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu confirmed the freedom of 308 citizens, including 163 survivors from a devastating February village attack.
A joint force of military personnel, intelligence agents, and local police executed the historic single-day operation within dense national parklands.
Criminal gangs and extremist groups have long exploited these sprawling, ungoverned forest reserves to establish concealed operational strongholds.
The massive rescue operation liberates victims trapped for months in shadowed wildernesses following brutal assaults on rural communities.
Ransom kidnappings continue to fuel a lucrative black market, casting a persistent violent shadow over Nigeria’s northern and central regions.
