What Sambisa Is Like – Ezekwesili
Dr. Oby Ezekwesili[/caption]
The co-convener of the #BringBackOurGirls (BBOG) group, Oby Ezekwesili has explained her experience during the search for the missing Chibok Girls in the Sambisa forest, Borno state.
The former minister, alongside three other members of the group, Aisha Yesufu, Manasseh Allen and Ibrahim Usman, joined the federal government’s team, headed by the minister of Information and culture, Lai Mohammed to witness first-hand the military’s ongoing search for the girls.
Ezekwesili, who wrote on her Twitter handle @obyezekwesil after the tour said the Sambisa forest was 18 times as large as Lagos State.
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“WE are doing fine. We returned to Yola after a very full day of learning from NAF & going out with them on a Day Search of Sambisa. #BBOG.
“Dreaded Sambisa is massive. 60,000 square kilometers. 18 times the size of Lagos State! All of Lagos is 3,345square km. #BBOG” Ezekwesili wrote.
She noted that the capturing of Boko Haram stronghold, Camp Zairo, by the military in December last year, was not the same as capturing the dreaded Sambisa forest.
“The famous Camp Zairo in Sambisa?
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“Well, it turns out that capturing Camp Zairo is NOT equal to capturing Sambisa.
“It is just a spot in there.”
See tweets below:
WE are doing fine. We returned to Yola after a very full day of learning from NAF & going out with them on a Day Search of Sambisa.#BBOG
—”>https://twitter.com/hashtag/BBOG?src=hash”>#BBOG
— Oby Ezekwesili (@obyezeks) January”>https://twitter.com/obyezeks/status/821062874831458305″>January 16, 2017
#DataMine“>https://twitter.com/hashtag/DataMine?src=hash”>#DataMine:
Dreaded Sambisa is massive.
60, 000 square kilometers.
18 times the size of Lagos State!
All of Lagos is 3,345 square km.#BBOG—”>https://twitter.com/hashtag/BBOG?src=hash”>#BBOG
— Oby Ezekwesili (@obyezeks) January”>https://twitter.com/obyezeks/status/821084004061511680″>January 16, 2017
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”>https://twitter.com/obyezeks/status/821126147253616640″>January 16, 2017
.“>https://twitter.com/NijaEye”>@NijaEye Good question. Apparently, the Sambisa "general area" as it’s called is some 85% of entire size of Borno State.Cc: “>https://twitter.com/NigAirForce”>@NigAirForce https”>https://t.co/4LMIXQV9OF”>https://t.co/4LMIXQV9OF
—Oby Ezekwesili (@obyezeks) January”>https://twitter.com/obyezeks/status/821127720331526146″>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”>https://twitter.com/obyezeks/status/821129841454043136″>January 16, 2017
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.?
— Oby Ezekwesili (@obyezeks) January”>https://twitter.com/obyezeks/status/821134057576824833″>January 16, 2017
So, could OUR #ChibokGirls&other”>https://twitter.com/hashtag/ChibokGirls?src=hash”>#ChibokGirls&other abducted citizens be STILL WITHIN the vast field of Sambisa other than Camp Zero? YES. So, NAF searches on?
— Oby Ezekwesili (@obyezeks) January”>https://twitter.com/obyezeks/status/821138958453194753″>January 16, 2017
So, @ about 1.47AM, WE set out on another Sambisa Search (an ISR) with the “>https://twitter.com/NigAirForce”>@NigAirForce . We have just returned to their Base, Yola.#BBOG!
—”>https://twitter.com/hashtag/BBOG?src=hash”>#BBOG!
— Oby Ezekwesili (@obyezeks) January”>https://twitter.com/obyezeks/status/821215094260596736″>January 17, 2017
We have now completed a Day & a Night Intelligence Surveillance & Reconnaissance – ISR during this visit with FG & NAF. Key Questions arise?
— Oby Ezekwesili (@obyezeks) January”>https://twitter.com/obyezeks/status/821219367287398400″>January 17, 2017
