Amina Abubakar was shot by her abductors before being abandoned during a military operation, officials have said Nigerian troops have rescued the wife of a retired major general who died after the couple was taken hostage by armed militants several weeks ago, the West African country’s military has said. Amina Abubakar, the widow of Major General Rabe Abubakar, a former director of defense information, was freed during an operation which the army conducted with support from the Nigerian Air