Members of the dreadful Boko Haram group have been forced to remain caged inside their stronghold in Sambisa Forest, the Nigerian military disclosed on Wednesday in a press conference.
Commander of the counter-insurgency operation in the North-East, Operation Lafiya Dole, Maj. Gen. Lucky Irabor, informed newsmen while highlighting the successes of the Nigerian troops against the Boko Haram insurgents in recent weeks, that the forest is completely surrounded by the Nigerian troops and that there is no escape for any insurgents still holed up there.
He noted that the members of the group cannot come out to launch attack on the rest of the nation for fear of being caught.
According to him, troops are only waiting for the insurgents holed up in the forest to surrender as life has become unbearable for them.
He said if they do not come out soon enough, soldiers would move further into the forest to level it.
Irabor assured that there is no escape for any insurgent still trapped within the forest as the troops have taken positions at all access routes leading into and out of the forest.
