The Multinational Joint Task Force, MNJTF says it has helped to facilitate the return of a Nigerian nurse from the captivity of the Islamic State of West African Province, ISWAP.

The Task Force in a statement signed by its spokesman, Colonel MUHAMMAD DOLE said the nurse had been held in captivity since the beginning of 2020.

During an air-bomb raid of an ISWAP stronghold in the Lake Chad, the nurse ran for safety and escaped to Niger Republic, where she was handed over to the Task Force.

The Multinational Joint Task Force comprises units of military personnel from Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria.