Nigeria's military said troops rescued 125 kidnapped people during nationwide operations from Nov. 6-12, while its weekly tally also recorded eight deaths among people it identified as terrorists.
The Defence Headquarters said Director of Defence Media Operations Major General Michael Onoja presented the figures in a weekly update.
Vanguard's account of the briefing said troops located an improvised explosive device near the rescue site in Borno state. In Kainji Lake National Park, troops detonated five devices and cleared 32 more, the outlet reported.
In a separate earlier episode in northwestern Nigeria, the military said troops killed eight suspected terrorists and rescued three people. EconoTimes previously covered the military's account of that operation.
