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. "President Bola Ahmed Tinubu warmly welcomes the successful rescue of 308 Nigerian citizens who were abducted in different attacks in Niger and Kwara states," presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga said. It was "the largest rescue operation ever carried out" in a single day, Onanuga added.