The defence headquarters on Saturday announced that it has rescued 20 more women from Sambisa forest.     

This is contained in a statement issued by the Director of Defence Information, Maj.-Gen Chris Olukolade.

''Despite continuous encounter with large number of land mines which still litter the Sambisa forest, troops have forged ahead…as scores of the terrorists died in the assault on their bases on Friday. A total of 20 women and children were rescued at the end of the Friday operation''.

According to the statement, over 10 soldiers were, however, wounded, while one died, following explosions of land mines along the routes of advance.

''The wounded soldiers have also been moved out for necessary treatment. Two major ammunition dumps maintained by the terrorists in the forest were also destroyed, along with the four additional terrorists camps that were smashed in the operation of Friday''