Beginning from 2017, the former Boko Haram stronghold, Sambisa Forest will be used by the Nigerian Army as a training ground, says Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen Tukur Buratai.
Speaking in Damasak, Borno State while celebrating Christmas with troops of 145 Battalion, Buratai noted that mopping up operations were already being conducted in the forest.
His words:
“We are also opening up roads to Sambisa and Alagarno forest. Sambisa forest is going to be one of our training grounds.
“I have already directed that we should conduct Nigerian Army small arms championship in that forest next year.
“And we are going to use it also to test our fighting vehicles, other key equipment and weapons that require testing whenever we want to induct new weapons and equipment into the Nigerian army inventory.
“It will afford us very good ground for basic tactics and indeed advance tactics, including but not limited to tactics at the platoon, company, battalion, brigade and even division levels.
“We are going to make it more robust to make sure that these criminals do not come back to that forest again.”
NAN
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