The office of the National Security Adviser says they have released over a thousand such victims without noise and with complete respect to their privacy and safety.
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PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported how security sources said the kidnapped students and staff of the university were rescued by security agents near Kuncin Dutse, a village in Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara. The Coordinator of the National Counter-terrorism Centre, Adamu Laka, a major general, reportedly coordinated the operation.
He said the released students were the last batch of victims of a recent mass abduction the government had successfully rescued. “This occasion marks a final juncture in a series of rescues we have undertaken in the last few months to free victims of recent cases of mass abductions.
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