We'll make Sambisa forest as army training ground from 2017-Chief of army statff Takur Burutai

Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Tukur Buratai, has revealed that as from 2017, Sambisa forest will be use as one of army training grounds.He disclosed this
while speaking to troops in Damasak, Borno state yesterday.

 He said: “We are also opening up roads to the forest – Sambisa, as well as Alagarno forest. This Sambisa forest is going to be one of our training grounds. Next year, 2017, I have already directed that we should conduct our Nigerian Army small arms championship in that forest. And we are going to use it also to test fire our fighting vehicles, as well as other key equipment and weapons that requires testing firing whenever we want to induct new weapon and equipment into the Nigerian army inventory. It will afford us very good ground for basic tactics and indeed advance tactics, including but not limited to tactics at the Platoon, company, battalion, Brigade and even division levels. We are going to make it more robust to make sure that these criminals do not come back to that forest again".