In northeastern Nigeria, the militant group Boko Haram has released more than 400 individuals who were abducted earlier this year from a village in Borno State, according to a local senator and a youth organization leader on Sunday, June 7.
Samaila Kaigama, head of the Borno South Youth Alliance (Bosya), stated that 416 women and children kidnapped from Ngoshe were set free on Saturday. Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume of Borno State confirmed the release but noted that he was unaware of the specific circumstances surrounding the operation.
Bosya, which acted as a mediator between the captors and the hostages’ families, did not provide further details. No information was given regarding any ransom payment or involvement by security forces.
An area frequently targeted by attacks
Ngoshe, located less than 10 kilometers from the Cameroon border, sits in the Gwoza hills—a region considered a stronghold of Boko Haram and often hit by assaults. Since 2009, the insurgency led by Boko Haram and later its rival West African branch, ISWAP, has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths and millions of displacements across northeastern Nigeria.
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