The Nigerian Hunters Association has said its
members would overrun Sambisa forest and
capture Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau,
alive, if given the permission.
Garba Tarfa, who is in charge of the association’s
security, in Adamawa, said several hunters were
“eager and waiting” for the go-ahead.
“We are ever physically ready at any given time if
permitted to besiege Sambisa forest to capture
the
coward, Shekau, like fowl and his dreaded
commanders,” Mr. Tarfa, a retired police officer,
said in Yola on Monday.
“We know the nooks and crannies of Sambisa
forest. In fact we know exactly where Shekau is
hiding in the forest.
“They fear us more than conventional army,
because they know we knew their secrets,” Mr.
Tarfa said.
He said the Boko Haram Shekau was hiding in
Sambisa at a heavily-guarded location
codenamed
“Parisa”, surrounded by his commanders.
Mr. Tarfa said in the past three months, his
members, working with the Army, intensified
attacks on suburbs of Sambisa forest and
rescued
over 500 women and children.
He said during the attacks, about 50 Boko Haram
members were either killed, injured or arrested
and handed over to security.
He said the insurgency would be ended if the
government worked more closely with hunters.
He
said the group would need logistical support and
patrol vehicles.
He also accused the authorities of paying more
attention to the missing Chibok girls than other
women and children abducted by Boko Haram.
Source: Premiumtimes
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