A joint military task force has rescued an abducted senior Nigerian Army officer, Lt. Col. Ofor Amobi, and a civilian, Mr. Ikechukwu Onwuanra, 10 days after they were kidnapped in Enugu State.
The development was disclosed on Saturday by counter-insurgency and Lake Chad security analyst, Zagazola Makama, in a post on his X handle, citing intelligence sources.
Makama, citing security sources, said the victims were rescued in the early hours of Saturday, August 1, following an intensive search-and-rescue operation by troops of Sector 1, Operation UDO KA.
The operation involved personnel of the 82 Division Garrison, 103 Battalion (Rear), the Nigerian Navy Special Boat Service (NN SBS), and the 197 Special Forces Battalion, under the leadership of the Commander, 82 Division Garrison, with support from the Air Component.
The sources said troops conducted sustained operations between 6:00 p.m. on July 31 and 6:00 a.m. on August 1, acting on actionable intelligence across the forests of
