Another 400 Nigerian troops flee Boko Haram fighting to Cameroon again

                              

                               Cameroon’s military yesterday said some 400 Nigerian soldiers have sought refuge intense fighting against Boko Haram militants in Borno State.
The Voice of America (VOA) quoted Cameroon state radio as saying that on Wednesday the soldiers ar- rived at the Cameroonian bor- der town of Amchide, where they handed their weapons to military officials.
                               Cameroon military spokes- man Colonel Didier Badjeck told VOA the military accept- ed the soldiers as a sign of its commitment to fight the mili- tant alongside Nigerian forces
Badjeck, who spoke in French, descibed challenging situations in war that cause troops to flee, and that Cameroon has demonstrated that it is a nation that assumes its responsibility to those in harm’s way.
last week 480 Nigerian soldiers crossed over to Cameroon, ostensibly in “hot pursuit of Boko Haram militants.” Two hundred forty-six of them have since returned to Nigeria. The Defence Headquarter said that development was a tactical ma- neuver but has made no com- ment on the latest movement of soldiers crossing the border.


Wednesday news reports on Cameroon state radio said, “Boko Haram fighters have captured the Nigerian town of Banki as government troops fled and fears have been raised that their main target is Maidu- guri, the capital of northeastern
Borno state.” Efforts by Daily Sun to get
official confirmation from the Defence Headquarters proved abortive, but a key military source dismissed the report as unfounded.
The source said the army was were in contact with troops in the zone and “there was nothing like that in that area, apparently those alleging were referring to the earlier reported case.”