Troops of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) have rescued Mrs. Gambo Genevieve, Head of Service at the Department of Physical Education in Logone and Chari, Cameroon. Five other people held by terrorists in the Lake Chad region were rescued with her.
- The MNJTF Chief Military Information Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Olaniyi Osoba, announced the operation from the force's headquarters in N'Djamena, Chad.
- Troops deployed in Mora answered a distress call from locals in the villages of Gangawa and Kangaleri in Gogolom, Division of Mora.
- When the troops arrived, they engaged the terrorists, who fled and left their captives behind.
- The rescued people were given medical examinations after they were freed.
Logistics supplier intercepted in Gubio
In a separate operation, MNJTF troops of Sector 3 in Monguno, Borno State, intercepted a suspected Boko Haram logistics supplier, Babagana Zaninu, in Gubio.
- The suspect was driving a Toyota pickup that carried illicit drugs and supplies such as soft drinks, sugar and flour.
- According to the MNJTF, the goods were meant for Boko Haram fighters in Gazabure village.
The MNJTF brings together troops from Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Benin to fight insurgency in the Lake Chad Basin. It says cutting off supply lines is key to weakening terrorist groups in the region.
