Borno will transform the home of the founder Boko Haram into the museum, the Sambisa Forest in a tourist center

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The state government of Borno says it will turn the home of former leader Boko Haram Mohammed Yusuf into the museum.

The State Commissioner for home Affairs, Information and Culture Mohammed Bulama presented this information at the margins of the 9th National Council for Culture, Tourism and National Orientation at Dutse, Jigawa.

The council, whose theme was "Tourism and culture as a panacea for economic recovery in Nigeria," was organized by the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture.

Bulama said in an interview that the museum would help raise all that concerns the rebellion of Boko Haram to attract tourists and for the benefit of the new generation.

“We are going to convert the house of the leader of the Boko Haram sect Mohammed Yusuf where the insurgency all started from, to a museum.
“The place is called Maarcas; we want to build a museum there where all the things that had happened relating to the insurgency will be archived.
“We want to document and archive all that had happened so that our future generation will be able to have first hand information,” he said.

Yusuf, leader of the sect and founder of the militant Islamic group Boko Haram, died in 2009, and his group still poses a serious security threat to Borno and other northeastern states.

The commissioner said the state is also planning to turn the Šambiska forest after the rebels' rescue, into a tourist center, reviving the forest.

“Last year, Governor Kashim Shettima made a pronouncement to the effect that every December 22, will be declared a public holiday in Borno because that is the day the military declared that they had captured Ground Zero in Sambisa forest.
“What we intend to do when stability is fully achieved is to convert the forest into a tourist attraction in order to show the world what has happened.
“Before insurgency, we used to have a game reserve in the Sambisa forest, we are going to revive that,” he said.

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