Troops of the Multinational Joint Task Force, MNJTF, operating under Sector III Operation Hadin Kai on Tuesday rescued 38 hostages and disrupted a Boko Haram logistics’ syndicate during intensified clearance operations in the Lake Chad region.
A statement from the Chief Military Information Officer at MNJTF Headquarters in N’Djamena, Chad, Lt. Col. Olaniyi Osoba, said the operation took place in Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno on the Baga axis.
Osoba said that the MNJTF troops intercepted a group of Boko Haram terrorists transporting a large number of hostages.