Security operatives have rescued 10 workers contracted by Integrated Data Services Limited (IDSL), a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), and security escorts who were abducted by Boko Haram during an oil exploration mission at the Lake Chad Basin.
The rescue team led by Brigade Commander, Brigadier Gen. Aminu Chinide and leader of the Civilian JTF in Gubio, Bulama Bukar Maradona, pursued the insurgents, killing scores of them and inflicting injuries on many others that fled.
The team killed several insurgents and rescued four members of the Civilian JTF, one IDSL official and those of the Department of Geology, University of Maiduguri.
The insurgents had laid ambush around Jilli and Bornoyesu villages between Magumeri and Gubio Local Government Area of Borno State on Tuesday, during which an oil research team to the Lake Chad Basin was attacked and several persons were reported missing.
