Troops Rescue 80yr Old Man from BHT.
***Says Sect killed all his children.
An 80 year old captive, Mallam Ibrahim Matuk who said he had been subjected to severe hardship and torture by Boko Haram terrorists since his abduction was on Sunday rescued by Nigerian troops prosecuting the clearance operation against remnants of the group in Borno state.
According to the elderly man, members of his family including all his children were killed by the murderous terrorist group while he was in captivity.
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A statement confirming his rescue, signed by Col Sani Usman, Acting Director, Army Public Relations, while noting that the activities of the group defy sane reasoning, said, “The atrocities of the Boko Haram terrorists know no bound.
“Troops of 29 Task Force Brigade on clearance operations of remnants of Boko Haram terrorists rescued an 80 year old man in Shaltimari village, Borno State on Sunday 1st May 2016.
“The elderly man, Mallam Ibrahim Matuk stated that he suffered untold hardship in the hands of the Boko Haram terrorists who killed all his children while in captivity.”
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