NIGERIAN FORCES CHASE BOKO HARAM TERRORISTS INTO CAMEROON…KILL 60 INSURGENTS; 8 NIGERIAN SOLDIERS, 4 CIVILIANS ALSO KILLED IN BATTLE
Nigerian army soldiers chased and killed about
60 suspected members
of the country’s violent Islamic sect Boko Haram
in Cameroon’s territory on Wednesday, PANA
learnt from reliable sources Friday.
During the confrontation in the localities of Bankili
and Amchide in Cameroon’s northern province,
eight Nigerian soldiers and four civilians were
also killed.
During the clashes, Cameroonian army soldiers
deployed to the localities ensured the protection
of the local populations, while Cameroon’s
administrative authorities in Bankili and Amichide
intervened to calm frayed nerves, as many locals
protested the incursion of the Nigerian troops.
Cameroon northern region is a hotbed of
terrorism blamed largely on Boko Haram, which
launched its violent campaign in northern Nigeria
in 2009, a campaign that has killed thousands.
Cameroon has reinforced security in its northern
border with Nigeria, Chad and Central Africa
Republic, setting up new military, gendarmerie
and police units in the area.
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My take
It is pertinent to note that boko haram have been
using camerounian teritories as safe haven for
operational bases since the were kicked out of
the sambisa forest reserve by the 7th division of
the Nigerian army. They have repeatedly launch
attacks on nigerian military formations and
retreat safely to cameroun soils unscathe and
undisturbed by camerounian border forces.
However, Nigeria's diplomatic way of getting the
camerounian government to tackle boko haram
have been futile if not fruitless and the nations
dictator paul biya has repeatedly avoided ordering
attack on boko haram insurgents of cameroun
soil to avoid a backlash from the sect., this
indirectly is aiding and abbeting terrorism. If
boko haram keeps using cameroun as forward
operational bases in the war against terror, as
much as it wont be wise to fight wars on two
front, it would not be out of place to declare
cameroun a hostile nation and commence "hot
pursuit" of terrorist on camerounian soils
60 suspected members
of the country’s violent Islamic sect Boko Haram
in Cameroon’s territory on Wednesday, PANA
learnt from reliable sources Friday.
During the confrontation in the localities of Bankili
and Amchide in Cameroon’s northern province,
eight Nigerian soldiers and four civilians were
also killed.
During the clashes, Cameroonian army soldiers
deployed to the localities ensured the protection
of the local populations, while Cameroon’s
administrative authorities in Bankili and Amichide
intervened to calm frayed nerves, as many locals
protested the incursion of the Nigerian troops.
Cameroon northern region is a hotbed of
terrorism blamed largely on Boko Haram, which
launched its violent campaign in northern Nigeria
in 2009, a campaign that has killed thousands.
Cameroon has reinforced security in its northern
border with Nigeria, Chad and Central Africa
Republic, setting up new military, gendarmerie
and police units in the area.
http://beegeagle.wordpress.com/2014/01/18/
nigerian-forces-chase-boko-haram-terrorists-
into-cameroon-kill-60-insurgents-8-soldiers-
killed-in-battle/
My take
It is pertinent to note that boko haram have been
using camerounian teritories as safe haven for
operational bases since the were kicked out of
the sambisa forest reserve by the 7th division of
the Nigerian army. They have repeatedly launch
attacks on nigerian military formations and
retreat safely to cameroun soils unscathe and
undisturbed by camerounian border forces.
However, Nigeria's diplomatic way of getting the
camerounian government to tackle boko haram
have been futile if not fruitless and the nations
dictator paul biya has repeatedly avoided ordering
attack on boko haram insurgents of cameroun
soil to avoid a backlash from the sect., this
indirectly is aiding and abbeting terrorism. If
boko haram keeps using cameroun as forward
operational bases in the war against terror, as
much as it wont be wise to fight wars on two
front, it would not be out of place to declare
cameroun a hostile nation and commence "hot
pursuit" of terrorist on camerounian soils
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