As Federal Government allegedly refused to give the Borno hunters an approval to proceed on the rescue mission, the hunters who earlier declared their readiness to storm the Sambisa Forest in search of abducted Chibok schoolgirls have left their camp in Maiduguri and returned to their various homes. The hunters, who came from the 27 local government areas in Borno State, had gathered in Maiduguri for about 17 days, waiting for approval from the authority to embark on the rescue operation. 

The hunters told the Borno State Government they would want government’s commitment before storming the Boko Haram hideouts, but could not get “concrete answer from the state Governor, Kashim Shettima.

After spending 17days in the Hajj Camp, some of them left on Thursday, while others left early on Friday in frustration.  However, it was disclosed that the state was under an extended state of emergency with the Federal Government controlling security issue under the emergency.