Nigerian army frees women and kids from Boko Haram

THE Nigerian military has freed 241 women and children in raids on Boko Haram camps and captured 43 suspected fighters, including a man it described as a kingpin of the terror group.

The raids on Tuesday were part of Operation Lafiya Dole to clear out the area surrounding Banki in Borno state, close to the border with Cameroon.

Raids on the Islamic militants’ camps yielded women and children thought to have been held captive, as well as 43 suspected enemy fighters and intelligence about bomb-making, the Nigerian army said.

Some of the women and children recovered were taken to safety, but were being screened to determine whether they were captives or members of the militants’ families, an army spokesman said. – The Telegraph