By our reporter| Abubakar Idris, a senior protection assistant with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), abducted by ISWAP insurgents in January has been freed.
Idris, also known as Alooma, was abducted by insurgents along Damaturu-Maiduguri road in Borno state.
Two operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS), who were also abducted along the Maiduguri-Damaturu expressway, were also released earlier, security sources has confirmed.
Idris is said to have been taken for a medical checkup in Maiduguri, before he will be handed over to his family.
The source also stated Muazu Bawa, a businessman who was kidnapped along the road by the insurgents, was released alongside eight other captives — all undergoing debriefing by the military.
The military is, however, yet to make confirm the development.
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