President Bola Tinubu has asked security agencies to strengthen early warning systems, enhance intelligence gathering, and improve rapid response capabilities to prevent further abductions across the country.
In a statement issued on Wednesday, Bayo Onanuga, special adviser on information and strategy to Tinubu, said the president gave the directive following the release of 308 Nigerians abducted in separate attacks in Niger and Kwara states.
Onanuga said 163 of the victims were abducted from the Woro community in Kaiama LGA, Kwara state, while 145 were from Niger state.
Onanuga said the victims were freed from the Kainji Lake National Park forest in New Bussa LGA of Niger state during a coordinated operation led by the National Counter-Terrorism Centre (NCTC), with personnel from the armed forces, the Department of State Services (DSS), and the police.
“It was the largest rescue operation ever carried out on the same
