Soldiers
have invaded Sambisa Forest in Borno State to flush out Boko Haram
insurgents. It is believed that some of the training camps and facilities
of the insurgents are in the notorious Sambisa forest. The military
high command decided to invade the forest in a bid to ensure that the
North-East is safe for the general elections.
A reliable and trusted source in the Army told Punch that Air Force jets started the raid on Monday. He added that surveillance activities and raids were also ongoing as of the time he spoke on Wednesday.
A reliable and trusted source in the Army told Punch that Air Force jets started the raid on Monday. He added that surveillance activities and raids were also ongoing as of the time he spoke on Wednesday.
"The military started an operation in the Sambisa Forest on Monday. For now, there are no specific cases of arrest; we don’t have that information now. The Air Force has been operating in the area since Monday. It is after that that the ground troops who are on red alert would be moved in."
Another source close to an office strategic to the operations said that a lot of activities were going on simultaneously in the forest and other parts of the North-East believed to host Boko Haram camps.
He disclose that the military was combing the forest because of intelligence reports that some of the insurgents who were dislodged from some communities in the North- East were moving back to the forest.
The Director, Defence Information, Maj. Gen. Chris Olukolade, could not be reached for comments on the raids as calls to his mobile did not connect.
Meanwhile, 800 children from areas affected by insurgency in Adamawa State are currently undergoing psychotherapy in the state.
Executive Chairman of the state Universal Basic Education, Bello Furo, who made this known explained that the psychotherapy was to minimise the trauma faced by the children whose parents were either gunned down or slaughtered by Boko Haram insurgents.
He said,
He disclose that the military was combing the forest because of intelligence reports that some of the insurgents who were dislodged from some communities in the North- East were moving back to the forest.
The Director, Defence Information, Maj. Gen. Chris Olukolade, could not be reached for comments on the raids as calls to his mobile did not connect.
Meanwhile, 800 children from areas affected by insurgency in Adamawa State are currently undergoing psychotherapy in the state.
Executive Chairman of the state Universal Basic Education, Bello Furo, who made this known explained that the psychotherapy was to minimise the trauma faced by the children whose parents were either gunned down or slaughtered by Boko Haram insurgents.
He said,
"The process will take some time because most of the parents were slaughtered before their children.
"Right now, they do not have anybody to cater for them; they lost their parents as a result of the insurgency."
In
another development, two female suicide bombers blew themselves up on
Wednesday in Diffa, Niger Republic, a day after mortars and machine-gun
shots were heard in N’Guigmi on the country’s border with Nigeria.
The town lies near Lake Chad, around 100 kilometres east of Diffa.
The town lies near Lake Chad, around 100 kilometres east of Diffa.
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