Oby Ezekwesili, a former education
minister, has returned from our federal government guided tour of
Sambisa Forest, the stronghold of Boko Haram with news that makes
nonsense of President Muhammadu Buhari’s claims that the terrorist group
had been defeated and routed from its operations headquarters.
Ezekwesili, a co-founder of the Bring
Back Our Girls group, on Monday, joined Lai Mohammed, and other top
Nigerian government officials on what they called a “search for Chibok
schoolgirls” onboard a Nigerian Airforce jet.
On Dr. Ezekwesili’s return, she gave a
public account of her findings revealing that Sambisa Forest is 18 times
the size of Lagos State, a former capital of the Nigeria and the
country’s commercial nerve centre.
She also said that the Nigerian troops
had not captured the entire forest and that more has to be done to
capture the whole forest. “Capturing Camp Zero [operational headquarters
of Boko Haram] is NOT equal to capturing Sambisa. I,” she tweeted.
She said that in view of the vast
expanse of land called Sambisa, that there was more work to be done
before victory is declared.
Dr. Oby Ezekwesili (middle), Aisha Yesufu (right), (Both leaders of BBOG) and Nigeria’s defence minister on a “tour of Sambisa)
“Dreaded Sambisa is massive. Sixty
thousand square kilometers. Eighteen times the size of Lagos State! All
of Lagos is 3,345 square km,” Ezekwesili wrote on Twitter.
“Apparently, the Sambisa ‘general area’ as it’s called is some 85% of entire size of Borno State.”
“The famous Camp Zero in Sambisa? Well,
it turns out that capturing Camp Zero is NOT equal to capturing Sambisa.
It is just a spot in there.
“Capture of Camp Zero in Sambisa is akin
to capturing the Capital City of a country. Camp Zero was the Capital
SPOT of Boko Haram in Sambisa
“Capture of Camp Zero is significant but
not cos of its SIZE. It is SIGNIFICANT because it USED TO BE the
STRONGHOLD of the enemy in there.
“So, could our Chibok girls and other
abducted citizens still [be] within the vast field of Sambisa other than
Camp Zero? Yes. So, NAF searches on.”
“We came. We learned. Now we return. To
stand! To demand!! #BringBackOurGirlsNowAndAlive! Thanks everyone at
Nigerian Air Force for all we learned,” she concluded her message.
#DataMine:— Oby Ezekwesili (@obyezeks) January 16, 2017
Dreaded Sambisa is massive.
60, 000 square kilometers.
18 times the size of Lagos State!
All of Lagos is 3,345 square km.#BBOG
The famous Camp Zero in Sambisa? Well, it turns out that, capturing Camp Zero is NOT equal to capturing Sambisa. It is just a spot in there.— Oby Ezekwesili (@obyezeks) January 16, 2017
Capture of Camp Zero in Sambisa is akin to capturing the Capital City of a country. Camp Zero was the Capital SPOT of Boko Haram in Sambisa📝— Oby Ezekwesili (@obyezeks) January 16, 2017
We came.— Oby Ezekwesili (@obyezeks) January 17, 2017
We Learned.
Now WE Return.
TO STAND!
TO DEMAND!!#BringBackOurGirlsNowAndAlive!
Thanks everyone at @NigAirForce for all WE LEARNED📝
Buhari Declares Sambisa Forest Fallen
Late December 2016, President Muhammadu Buhari declared victory over the Islamist terrorist group after
Nigerian troops announced that they have recaptured Sambisa forest
after clearing Camp Zero, the base of the deadliest terrorist group in
the world.
The Nigerian Army later presented the president with the flag belonging to the terrorist group in a “mission accomplished” ceremony.
Since the declaration a week ahead of
Christmas Day 2016, Boko Haram has launched a number of deadly attacks
in the North Eastern region of the country where the terrorists have
murdered at least 50,000 since they began their campaign to establish an
Islamic caliphate in the country.
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