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The rescued victims
Troops of the 82 Division Task Force Battalion, operating under Operation HADIN KAI and Operation DESERT SANITY V, have rescued a woman and her two children during a perimeter clearance patrol around Amuda Bridge in Borno State.
The victims were intercepted at about 6:30 a.m. on Friday, August 14, during the patrol conducted by troops of the battalion.
Zagazola Makama gathered that the woman, identified as 25-year-old Rukaya Mohammed, was rescued alongside her two children, six-year-old Hauwa Mustapha and four-year-old Fati Mustapha.
Preliminary interrogation revealed that Rukaya was abducted in 2017 from Vartalaka and subsequently forced into a child marriage in Chinene, where she lived with her husband in Wunje community.
She reportedly told troops that disagreements among the terrorists created an opportunity for their escape after a number of the fighters abandoned the camp.
The rescued woman and her children have since been handed over to officials for necessary action. (Zagazola)
