The Forestry and Wildlife in Borno Ministry of Environment says a herd of elephants that allegedly strayed from neighbouring Cameroon has invaded and destroyed some community farmlands in the state.<\/p>\n
Mr Ayuba Peter, a director in the ministry, confirmed the ugly incident in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Maiduguri on Monday.<\/p>\n
He said the last survey made by the government regarding the presence of elephants in the forest showed that there was none.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe conducted a survey before the Boko Haram insurgency and found that its population has been depleted by activities of poachers. We used to have a herd of elephants in Sambisa forest, but due to poaching and other habitat destruction, we have lost them.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen we started having reports of their incursions from a neighbouring Cameroon forest into Borno, through Gamboru\/Ngala and Kala-Balge axis, we were excited. Our hope was that they would proceed to Sambisa forest and probably find a more habitable place.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo far, they have continued to roam around the border areas destroying farmlands but without moving down to Sambisa,\u201d Mr Peter said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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