WorldOver 300 abductees freed in Nigeria’s largest single-day rescue operation

Nigeria’s president said on August 5 that security forces had rescued at least 308 people abducted in separate attacks across the country’s north. The group included 163 people taken from Woro community in February 2026. Another 145 were kidnapped mostly in Niger State. Officials described the operation as the largest rescue carried out in Nigeria in a single day.

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