“A special operation led by Cameroonian armed forces along with security services of friendly nations succeeded this night in freeing Nitsch Eberhard Robert, a German citizen abducted in Nigeria in July 2014 by the Boko Haram sect,” the presidency said in a statement.
A spokesman for the German foreign ministry confirmed the man's release, adding that he was now in Cameroon's capital Yaounde.
The announcement came as Nigeria and its neighbours were holding talks in Niamey on how to combat the militants, whose insurgency has left 13,000 dead and forced 1.5 million from their homes since 2009.The question is where was the Nigerian military.
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