[Mhiz Rebecca]

At least, 40 foreigners were arrested within one week within
the deadly Sambisa forest following the recovering of the forest
from Boko Haram terrorists.
According to a report by The Nation, profiling of the foreigners
has started to determine whether or not they were working in
cahoot with Boko Haram insurgents.
A military source said the identities of the foreigners and their
missions in Sambisa Forest will not be revealed untill after a
thorough screening has been completed but it is believed that
the foreigners were providing “back-up” for Boko Haram.
”In the last one week since we launched massive operations in
Sambisa Forest, we have arrested over 40 foreigners.
“We will come up with the details later after the profiling of these
suspects. They are all being debriefed. But we discovered that there
were so many foreigners in the midst of Boko Haram.
“We have also rescued a lot of people who are being screened
too.”
Speaking further, a source told the newspaper that recovering
the forest from Boko Haram was no easy feat.
“As for the operations in Sambisa Forest, our gallant troops have
successfully taken over Camp Zero and Camp S (Shape) which are
the headquarters of Boko Haram.
“The success of the operations is significant because there is no
habitation beyond these areas in Sambisa Forest. The area is about
66,000 sq kilometres and there are so many parts uninhabited.
“Many insurgents, including their leaders, were killed and many
were captured. Many insurgents are now fleeing. The situation
now is that Boko Haram insurgents have been dispersed and
dislocated.”
On the fate of the remaining Chibok girls, the source said: “The
fleeing Boko Haram insurgents must have relocated them from
Sambisa Forest but we are already hunting for them.”
But a DSS source said the invasion of Sambisa Forest had entered
the second phase, which is the pursuit of the fleeing insurgents.
The source said the operations in Sambisa were both
intelligence-driven and military onslaughts has resulted to the
elimination of the insurgents from the forest.
“We have finished almost 90 per cent of the job with Boko Haram.
We are now in the second phase which is the most difficult. We
are pursuing the fleeing Boko Haram insurgents.
“The good thing is that we prepared for this fallout (the fleeing of
the insurgents) long before the takeover of Sambisa Forest. We are
trained professionals to curtail the effects of Boko Haram
insurgency, especially the fallout of routing them out.
“We are apprehending the fleeing insurgents. Even yesterday, we
took some of them in," the security chief stated.
Meanwhile, Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested the
third most wanted terrorism suspect in the world. The suspect
remains unnamed because he is still “undergoing profiling”.