Nigeria, July 26 -- The operation, carried out in the early hours of Saturday, July 26, 2026, followed a distress call received by troops of Sector 2 that dozens of heavily armed terrorists, riding about 40 motorcycles, had stormed the community and abducted scores of residents.

According to the military, the attackers were attempting to whisk the captives into the bush while another group waited on the outskirts of the village with the motorcycles.

Responding swiftly, troops stormed the area and engaged the terrorists in a fierce gun battle, forcing them to abandon all 48 kidnapped victims and flee into the surrounding forest.

Despite the successful rescue, the attack claimed the life of one civilian, while two others sustained gunsh...