Nigeria, June 23 -- Troops of the Joint Task Force (North East), Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK), have rescued 47 persons, mostly women and children, who were held captive by Boko Haram/Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) insurgents in Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno State.

The military said the victims were rescued from Kangarwa village in the Lake Chad region following sustained ground and air offensives against insurgent enclaves.

The Acting Media Information Officer of Operation Hadin Kai, Mohammed Goni, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday.

According to him, the rescue was made possible by intensified military operations that forced the insurgents to abandon their positions.

"The successful rescue operation was made p...