OndoReporter | BOKO HARAM: Sambisa forest as big as Enugu —Buratai

OndoReporter | BOKO HARAM: Sambisa forest as big as Enugu —Buratai

The Military High Command,
yesterday, explained that the expanse of the
Sambisa forest, in Borno State where the Boko
Haram terrorists hibernate was largely
responsible in the delay in flushing the
insurgents out of their safe haven.

This is even as the Army revealed that an
investigative panel has been set up to look into
the alleged killing of members of the
Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign
State of Biafra, MASSOB,and the Indigenous
People of Biafra,IPOB,protesting the continued
detention of Nnamdi Kanu,Radio Biafra
Director,in Aba,Abia State.

Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Tukur Burutai,
stated this during a familiarization tour at the
82 Division, Enugu, yesterday.

According to the COAS,”we are already in
Sambisa forest. But Sambisa is as big as
Enugu state which needs thorough planning for
logistics and other manpower needed. That
accounts for the delay in flushing out the
insurgents. The alleged incident of killing of
MASSOB,IPOB members by the Army in Aba
will be investigated.

“Since my appointment,we have set out to
build a professionally responsible Army in the
discharge of its constitutional role which is the
result of what we are seeing today. We have
taken steps to ensure that education within the
Army is paramount to ensure that troops
operate within the rules of engagement.”