Nigeria announces rescue of 308 kidnapped citizens
- Kidnapping for ransom by armed groups and bandits has become a major crisis in Nigeria.
- More than 300 people who had been kidnapped across Nigeria have been freed in an intelligence and security operation, the government has announced.
- “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu warmly welcomes the successful rescue of 308 Nigerian citizens who were abducted in different attacks in Niger and Kwara states,” Bayo Onanuga, a special adviser to Nigeria’s president, said in a statement.
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- Kidnapping for ransom by armed groups and bandits has become a major crisis in Nigeria.
- More than 300 people who had been kidnapped across Nigeria have been freed in an intelligence and security operation, the government has announced.
- “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu warmly welcomes the successful rescue of 308 Nigerian citizens who were abducted in different attacks in Niger and Kwara states,” Bayo Onanuga, a special adviser to Nigeria’s president, said in a statement.
Sources: Al Jazeera