Original title: foreign media: Nigerian law enforcement officers launched a large-scale rescue operation to rescue 187 hostages
[global network report] according to the Russian satellite news agency citing Nigerian media reports, the country's law enforcement personnel launched a large-scale rescue operation in Zamfara state in the northwest on the 8th, rescuing 187 hostages kidnapped by armed elements.

According to reports, the state sheriff said, "this (rescuing hostages) is a fruitful achievement, which is the result of the state government and other security departments' continuous pressure on the militants." he said that some of them were hijacked for more than 50 days, some even for four months.
It is reported that all the rescued hostages have been delivered to the local government. "This is a great achievement, which belongs to all the good people of Zamfara state, who have strengthened the government's determination to ensure that the state returns to its normal state of peace," the sheriff said.

According to reports, the phenomenon of kidnapping hostages for ransom in Nigeria is very common, especially in small and medium-sized residential teaching institutions, where terrorists often hold hundreds of people.