Kwara State Government has announced that 176 persons abducted during the February 3, 2026 attack on Woro and Nuku communities in Kaiama Local Government Area of the state have regained their freedom.

The State Government announced this on Wednesday in a post on its official Facebook page.

“Alihamdulillaah and kudos to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, security forces and everyone who played a role in this huge feat. We are grateful,” the Facebook post read.

The victims were kidnapped when Boko Haram-linked extremists invaded the rural communities of Woro and Nuku on motorcycles, launching a coordinated assault that reportedly lasted several hours.

The attack, regarded as one of the deadliest in Kwara State’s history, reportedly claimed more than 200 lives, left several others injured, destroyed homes and businesses, and forced many residents to flee.

Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Police Command have recovered two FN FAL rifles and live ammunition from bandits in a recent operation.

A statement issued on Wednesday by the Police Public Relations Officer of the command, SP Josephine Adeh, said the recovery followed an operation at the bandits’ hideout in Dajin Madam forest located between Plateau and Bauchi states.

The PPRO explained that the operation was part of a follow up investigation into the arrest of four suspects for supplying arms, ammunition and illicit substances to bandits.

According to her, operatives of the Command’s Anti-Kidnapping Unit conducted a follow-up operation on 2nd August, 2026, based on credible intelligence provided by one of the suspects in custody, Musbahu Ishaq.

She said the suspect led the operatives to Dajin Madam forest, where the criminal syndicate are suing as one of its hideouts.

Adeh said further investigation established that “Musbahu Ishaq obtained arms and ammunition from one Rabiu Hassan and supplied them to one Baba Alhaji Sanusi, a suspected bandit kingpin currently at large and believed to be hiding in a forest in Katsina State”.

“A thorough search of the hideout led to the recovery of two FN FAL rifles and live ammunition concealed within their hideout in the forest.

“Investigations are ongoing to apprehend the remaining members of the criminal syndicate currently at large, recover additional arms linked to the network, and charge all suspects to court,” she added.

A total of 17 family members belonging to Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad have surrendered to troops of Operation Hadin Kai in Borno State.

This was disclosed in a statement by the Acting Military Information Officer, Operation Hadin Kai, Captain Muhammed Goni, on Wednesday

Goni revealed that 16 of them surrendered in Konduga Local Government Area, while one other surrendered in Bama Local Government Area.

According to him, the surrendered relatives are in military custody undergoing preliminary profiling and debriefing.

“Sustained offensive operations by troops of Operation HADIN KAI, OPHK, have continued to exert significant pressure on terrorist elements operating across the North-East theatre, resulting in the voluntary surrender of 17 family members of Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad, JAS, in separate incidents in Borno State,” the statement read.

It further stated that in the first incident, at about 9:15 a.m. on August 4, 2026, 16 JAS family members, comprising 10 women and six children, voluntarily surrendered to troops of the 222 Battalion during a domination patrol along the Gezuwa axis in Konduga Local Government Area.

The statement noted that during preliminary debriefing, the surrendered individuals disclosed that sustained military pressure on terrorist enclaves significantly influenced their decision to surrender.

“A total sum of N92,000 was recovered from the group during the process,” he added.

The spokesman pointed out that in a similar operation at about 12:04 p.m. on the same day, an 11-year-old JAS family member voluntarily surrendered to troops of the 202 Battalion under Sector 1 in Bama Local Government Area.