COAS orders total clearance of Sambisa Forest

Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, ordered the complete clearance of Sambisa Forest. Abubakar noted that the time had come to completely cleanse the forest in order to forestall attempts by the Book Haram insurgent group to further carry out attacks against Nigerians.

Sadique gave the directive while hosting the Air Component members of the Operation Lafiya Dole at its Yola Flight Line to mark this year’s Eid-el Kabir celebrations on Friday.

The COAS urged members of the insurgent group to surrender now while they still have the chance as the government was willing to accept them.

Otherwise, he warned that those who refuse to do so faced imminent destruction in their hideout in the forest as he had ordered his men to redouble their efforts to ensure the complete clearance of Sambisa Forest.

UCJ, UNILORIN.