According to the Borno authorities, there are no elephants in the Sambisa forest.

The Ministry of Environment’s Director of Forestry and Wildlife, Mr. Ayuba Peter, informed the News Agency of Nigeria that there were no elephants in the forest according to the results of the most recent government survey.

“We conducted a survey prior to the Boko Haram insurgency and discovered that poachers’ activities have reduced its population,” he stated.

“In the Sambisa jungle, we once had an elephant herd, but we have since lost them to poaching and other habitat degradation.

We were thrilled to learn about their invasions into Borno via the Gamboru/Ngala and Kala-Balge axis, coming from a neighboring Cameroonian forest.

We anticipated that they would go on to the Sambisa Forest and most likely locate a more livable area.

“They haven’t gone down to Sambisa yet; they’ve just kept wandering around the border areas destroying farmlands.”