The Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP) faction of Boko Haram has freed five officials of a Borno State government ministry who were abducted while travelling between Maiduguri and Monguno last month. The officials who work with the state ministry for reconstruction, rehabilitation and resettlement (RRR) had appeared in a video days ago, pleading with the state government to come to their aid. Premium Times reported that the Borno officials regained their freedom after Ms. Ummul-Kalthum Abdurrahman, the chief executive officer of Kalthum Foundation for Peace (KFP) intervened. A source also told the publication…
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