MASSIVE DEPLOYMENT OF TROOPS TO SAMBISA FOREST BEGINS

The Defence Headquarters has massed more troops close to Sambisa Forest in Borno State in the build up to the planned rescue of the over 200 school girls abducted in the state last month by Boko Haram.
Though the military was silent on the actual figure, President Goodluck Jonathan said in Paris that about 20,000 had been sent to the North-East.
The troops have succeeded in creating a blockade to restrict the sect members to the forest.
It was gathered that troops were awaiting the outcome of the ongoing intelligence collaboration between Nigeria and the United States and other Allied Forces before their next line of action.
A top military source said: “So far, we have carried out massive deployment of troops to the fringes of Sambisa Forest in readiness for the rescue operation.
“The troops have laid siege to all routes leading to the forest. It is a kind of blockade restricting the sect to the forest.
“Based on intelligence brief available to us from the military and foreign collaborators, we will soon rescue the girls.
The source added: “A lot of air surveillance is ongoing in Sambisa Forest area to locate where the girls are camped.
“The real mission is to rescue the girls alive. This is why we have not been able to engage in bombing of all parts of the forest.”
Source: The Nation