On Saturday morning, Nigerian troops rescued 92 civilians from Boko Haram fighters in Borno State. They'd been herded off a highway into the bush.

It happened at 11:22am on Saturday, on the road between Biu and Buratai in Borno State.

Troops of the 135 Special Forces Battalion detected the movement through surveillance. BH/ISWAP fighters were forcing civilians and vehicles off the road and into the surrounding bush. The Quick Reaction Force deployed immediately. Reinforcements from the 27 Task Force Brigade followed. The terrorists abandoned the hostages and fled.

Ninety-two people walked out of the bush on Saturday afternoon. Most were women and children.

The northeast is still the northeast. The insurgency doesn't announce itself on days when the rest of the country is watching a primary election or a football match. It just keeps moving. On this particular Saturday, the surveillance held, the response was fast, and 92 people got home.

That is not nothing.