Federal government deploys forest guards to flush out Boko Haram

The federal government has deployed forest guards, who will join the  military Joint Task Force (JTF) in its bid to flush out elements of Boko Haram from their hiding places.The Conservator General of National Park Service, Mr. Haruna Abubakar, told the House of Representatives Committee on Environment on Monday that the guards would help the JTF to comb the forests for hideouts of insurgents. The insurgents are believed to be using routes cutting through forests in states like Borno, Yobe, Taraba and Adamawa to smuggle arms into the country from Cameroon and other neighbouring countries.