Sambisa Forest Borno State and its myths by Malik Shabbazz

Sambisa Forest Borno State and its myths
Who is planning to cash in on this myth ?
Over years I have heard and I am sure you have too, that Sambisa Forest Borno State spans a land mass of 60,000 sq km . This is not true !
Sambisa is centered mainly on parts of Gwoza Bama KONDUGA Askira Uba and Chibok .
Sambisa even reaches Monguno Abadam and Kukawa LGAs .
I know this because in the course of my work o have travelled to all these places collecting blood samples in my HIV intervention work with USAID/Nigeria .
Now , between Bauchi State and Jigawa state , there's another forest called BALMO , and inside Jigawa alone , there's LAMBA forest.
The only common thing with these forests is that they are mutually accessible.
In KANO , the Falgore Game Reserve aka Falgore forest has link roads to Sambisa and the Alagarno forest.
The entire of Borno state is 70,000 sq km, so how on earth is it possible that Sambisa Forest is 60,000 sq km?
In Yobe State , you have the SASSAWA forest which also has link roads to Sambisa in Southern Borno . In Bauchi State again , you have the LAME BURRA forest which is also linked by roads to the Sambisa forest in Borno .
So the question is; who is trying to make a killing from the story line that Sambisa alone spans 60,000 sq km? To completely eradicate Boko Haram , you'd need to comb the whole of Sambisa and rid it of elements of terrorism right? That means more money to purchase firearms et al! Possibly a defense contractor and mercenaries will be hired and then more and more money will be pumped into that falsehood to line pockets of some greedy elements in the top offices of the HQ Nigerian Army .
So you see why they needed to sell the story of 60,000 sq km?
Well, they can fool some people but not all at the same time .
We will always be ready to expose them for every lie they intend to sell to Nigerians .
Malik Shabbazz Abdulmalik