Nigeria's army chief Lt Gen Tukur Buratai has revealed ambitious plans to turn the vast north-eastern Sambisa forest, a hideout for militant Islamist's 'Boko Haram' into a tourist centre.
He said that the military would work with the country's National Park Service to help with the restoration of the forest, where tourists could enjoy the wildlife.
Boko Haram militants have used parts of the 60,000 sq km (37,000 sq miles) forest as a hideout as they conduct an insurgency in the north-eastern part of the country. The Nigerian army has however claimed several times that it has kicked out the militants from the massive forest.
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