New Delhi, July 11 -- ABUJA - Among the 46 people released from Boko Haram captivity in Oyo State on Thursday was a child who had been two years old when the abductors arrived. The youngest victim spent 56 days in the hands of a militant group before Nigeria's security forces completed their rescue, along with teachers and older children seized from three schools in the same operation on May 15.

President Bola Tinubu announced the rescue on Thursday, saying he was "profoundly happy" about the outcome. "This successful military operation has ended the siege and standoff of over 50 days," Tinubu said in a statement, as Xinhua reported. Eight assailants were arrested in the operation; an unspecified number were killed. No ransom was paid. ...