On Tuesday, Issa Bakery the Cameroonian Communication Minister said Cameroonian and Nigerian troops have taken a key base of Boko Haram in
northern Nigeria, killing 162 insurgents.
He said in Yaounde that
the assault against the insurgents in Goshe, near the Cameroonian
border, lasted from Thursday to Sunday.
Bakary said the allied
troops destroyed four artisanal mine factories, seizing mines, suicide
bomber vests, ammunition and other weaponry.
The minister said the troops also set a Boko Haram training centre on fire.
“Hundreds of people held hostage by the terrorists were also released.
“Cameroon lost two soldiers to land mines in the assault,’’ he said.
Credit: Daily Post
He
said the Boko Haram, which seek to implement its own radical version of
Islam, has killed thousands in north-eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Niger
and Chad since 2009. (dpa/NAN)
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