War on Boko Haram: Cameroonian soldiers kill over 40 members

by Seyi Oladapo

A 3 hour shoot-out between insurgents and Cameroonian soldiers has led to the death of over 40 Boko Haram members.

This was revealed by the Cameroonian ministry of defence. It stated that heavily armed fighters “attempted to cross the bridge at Fotokol” in the extreme north of the country and opened fire on Cameroonian soldiers,

“Cameroon defence forces energetically reacted to this assault which lasted three hours,” the ministry said, adding that one soldier was wounded by mortar shrapnel.

For several days people living in towns and villages in north-east Nigeria recently captured by Boko Haram have been fleeing towards Cameroon to escape the militants.

The extremists, who have waged a bloody insurgency for five years in northern Nigeria, seem to have changed tactics in recent months, going from spectacular kidnappings, massacres and suicide attacks to attempting to conquer territory.

Cameroon’s Defence Ministry said that 246 Nigerian soldiers and customs officials who had fled Gamboru Ngala into Cameroon to escape the Boko Haram offensive “have left the Fotokol area under military escort” to rejoin their units in Banki in Nigeria.

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  1. this is how we know soldiers whom re to defend and those whom re just for money

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