Nigerian Soldiers storm Sambisa Forest to raid Boko Haram insurgents

Military operations in Sambisa Forest  has commenced in Borno State to erase Boko Haram.

It was learnt that the military high command decided to invade the vast forest in order to make the North-West safe for the general elections.

According to Punch, Air Force jets started the raid on Monday and surveillance activities, raids were also ongoing as of the time he spoke on Wednesday.
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A source who pleaded to be anonymous said

He said, “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.”

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Also, a 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 explained 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.
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Source: Punch
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