Nigerian security forces rescue 308 abductees from Kainji Lake National Park - BBC News

The government says the rescue is the country's largest single-day operation by joint security forces.

Image source, AFP via Getty ImagesImage caption, Following the February attack, community leaders in Kwara state think more than 160 people were abducted

More than 300 people abducted in separate attacks in Nigeria have been rescued, the country's presidency says, in what it describes as the largest single-day operation by joint security forces.

The victims were rescued from the Kainji Lake National Park in Niger state in an operation involving the military, police, intelligence unit and the National Counter-Terrorism Centre.

Those freed include 163 people abducted during a February attack on the Woro and Nuku communities in Kwara state, where scores were killed. At least 145 others had been taken in Niger state.

It is not clear whether any suspects were detained in the operation.