Nigeria, Feb. 27 -- Nigerian soldiers and police have rescued 13 travellers abducted by Boko Haram insurgents and held in a deserted village along the Maiduguri-Damaturu highway.

Security sources told PREMIUM TIMES that a joint team of soldiers and the police-led Rapid Response Squad rescued the travellers on Friday.

The sources said they were rescued at a village camp where the insurgents had held them hostage.

Our reporter got an exclusive hint from one of the security officials on Friday evening that a team of operatives of the RRS were going after the abductors with the support of some soldiers on military gun trucks.

The information was not reported to avoid jeopardising the operation.

"We had a successful outing last night as w...