Oby Ezekwesili Gushes About Sambisa – its Bigger than Borno, Lagos
The forerunner of the Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) group, Mrs. Oby Ezekwesili, has described in shocking terms the size of the Sambisa forest as she saw it yesterday.
Describing the immense forest, Mrs. Ezekwesili said the forest was at least 18 times bigger than Lagos State. Mrs. Ezekwesili and four other members of the #BBOG had traveled on a guided tour of the Sambisa forest yesterday, following the invitation of the Federal government.
Taking to her twitter handle, Mrs. Ezekwesili described the massive expanse of land which housed the Sambisa forest. Stating that the forest is bigger than the Borno state as well.
See tweets below:
#DataMine:
Dreaded Sambisa is massive.
60, 000 square kilometers.
18 times the size of Lagos State!
All of Lagos is 3,345 square km.#BBOG— Oby Ezekwesili (@obyezeks) January 16, 2017
.@FailedRift The theatre of war known as Sambisa General Area is that SIZE according to @NigAirForce which subscribes to @googlemaps . ? https://t.co/nQ35dwAkUD
— Oby Ezekwesili (@obyezeks) January 17, 2017
Capture of Camp Zero in Sambisa is akin to capturing the Capital City of a country. Camp Zero was the Capital SPOT of Boko Haram in Sambisa?
— Oby Ezekwesili (@obyezeks) January 16, 2017
The BBOG delegation also included the spokesperson of the Chibok community, Dr Manasseh Allen, Aisha Yusuf and Ibrahim Usman.
They BBOG have since returned from the trip, with Mrs. Ezekwesili tweeting…
WE are doing fine. We returned to Yola after a very full day of learning from NAF & going out with them on a Day Search of Sambisa.#BBOG
— Oby Ezekwesili (@obyezeks) January 16, 2017
However, the invitational trip by the FG has in no way softened the resolve of the group as Mrs. Ezekwesili further tweeted…
We came.
We Learned.
Now WE Return.
TO STAND!
TO DEMAND!!#BringBackOurGirlsNowAndAlive!
Thanks everyone at @NigAirForce for all WE LEARNED?— Oby Ezekwesili (@obyezeks) January 17, 2017