The Commander of 1 Brigade, Nigerian Army, Sokoto, Brigadier-General Tasi’u Ibrahim, said that the incident took place in Gidan-Dare, near Sokoto and that one suspect was also captured alive.
11 women and children were rescued and villagers told Hope For Nigeria that some of these women are sex slaves of the Islamist group.
Five of the secured are women, two of them are pregnant and rest are children. “The pregnant women are now receiving Ante-natal care at the Army’s clinic.”.
The commander said the operation was carried out after a tip-off, adding that ”the house was being used as a terrorist hide-out’’.
Weapons recovered from their Hideout included
1] 6 AK 47
2] 1 pump action rifles,
3] 13 explosive devices a
4] a vehicle with registration number EL 295 ABJ.
5] 13 magazines of ammunition,
6] 7 IED-making materials,
7] 32 batteries,
8] 1 axe,
9] 4 Mobile phones,
10] 56 SIM cards,
11] 3 memory cards,
12] 10 cartons of milk
13] N76,685 cash.
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