Nigeria: Troops Destroy ISWAP Detention Facilities in North-East, Free Over 70 Captives

The operations which lasted two weeks, according to a statement by the joint task force spokesperson, Sani Uba, marked a “significant advance into areas long considered beyond the reach of security forces.”

The Nigerian Army says the North-eastern troops of Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK), a joint task force, have destroyed three detention facilities of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) deep inside Timbuktu Triangle, a broader part of Sambisa forest straddling Borno and Yobe states.

The…