Nigeria, June 7 -- The Nigerian Army says the troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK), a joint task force in the North-east, have rescued 360 abducted people from a Boko Haram camp in the Mandara mountain axis of Gwoza, Borno State.

Although locals and security sources said Boko Haram released the captives, the army said they were rescued following a major intelligence-led operation.

PREMIUM TIMES reported that Boko Haram insurgents abducted 416 people, including minors, when they invaded Ngoshe in March.

Following the raid, the group released a propaganda video filmed inside Ngoshe in which a commander boasted that it would hold the community through Ramadan and observe Eid-el-Fitr prayers at the Ngoshe Central Mosque.

The threat became...