The military in Dikwa have rescued 3,212 people that include women and children, who had been held captive by Boko Haram for upward of 3 months in villages and Boko Haram camps around Dikwa.
The former captives have since been moved to a camp in Dikwa en route Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.
Dikwa is one of the Local Government Areas of Borno state from where the military recently dislodged Boko Haram fighters.
Advertisement
