About 480 Nigerian soldiers was reportedly, fled into Cameroon after a serious gunfight with the Islamic sects, Boko Haram.
The Cameroonian Army Spokesman, Lt Col Didier Badjek, who confirmed this, said the troops had already been disarmed. But the Director of Defence Information, Maj. -Gen Chris Olukolade, said the soldiers merely strayed into Cameroon and therefore were not “deserters.”
Col. Badjek told the British Broadcasting Corporation BBC, on Monday that the disarmed Nigerian soldiers were being accommodated in schools in Maroua, about 80 kilometres from the Nigerian border.
The BBC news reported that there were clashes in the border town of Gamboru Ngala, where thousands of civilians also fled to Cameroon.
Reports gathered, was that Boko Haram insurgents, invaded Gamboru around 5.15am on Monday, forcing both civilians and soldiers to flee to Cameroon.
Report said that the insurgents went straight to attack the military base and police station in the town, and the initial attack was resisted by the military which killed many of the Boko Haram Members, which about two hours later, the sects regrouped and launched a fresh attack on the troops, causing them to retreat into Cameroon.
It was said that the Nigerian soldiers ran out ammunition, which some soldiers later emerged with their Cameroonian counterparts and continued the battle with the insurgents.
An Annoymous, in a telephone conversation, told journalists that she fled when the shooting became intensed in parts of the town.
Source: www.punchng.com
The Cameroonian Army Spokesman, Lt Col Didier Badjek, who confirmed this, said the troops had already been disarmed. But the Director of Defence Information, Maj. -Gen Chris Olukolade, said the soldiers merely strayed into Cameroon and therefore were not “deserters.”
Col. Badjek told the British Broadcasting Corporation BBC, on Monday that the disarmed Nigerian soldiers were being accommodated in schools in Maroua, about 80 kilometres from the Nigerian border.
The BBC news reported that there were clashes in the border town of Gamboru Ngala, where thousands of civilians also fled to Cameroon.
Reports gathered, was that Boko Haram insurgents, invaded Gamboru around 5.15am on Monday, forcing both civilians and soldiers to flee to Cameroon.
Report said that the insurgents went straight to attack the military base and police station in the town, and the initial attack was resisted by the military which killed many of the Boko Haram Members, which about two hours later, the sects regrouped and launched a fresh attack on the troops, causing them to retreat into Cameroon.
It was said that the Nigerian soldiers ran out ammunition, which some soldiers later emerged with their Cameroonian counterparts and continued the battle with the insurgents.
An Annoymous, in a telephone conversation, told journalists that she fled when the shooting became intensed in parts of the town.
Source: www.punchng.com
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