A Multinational Joint Task
Force (MJTF) set up by Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Benin and Cameroon to fight Boko
Haram across borders, ambushed a group of the terrorists on Wednesday near the
town of Fotokol.
Soldiers killed 27 Boko
Haram insurgents and arrested 10 others in Northern Cameroon, the Commander of
a Regional Army Force said on Thursday.
“It is located close to the
border with Nigeria.
No soldiers were killed
during the clashes, according to Dobekreo,’’ the MJTF Commander, Bouba Dobekreo
said.
Boko Haram poses a steady
threat to communities in the north-east of Nigeria and has also launched
offensives in neighbouring Chad, Niger and Cameroon.
The group’s goal is to
enforce a strict interpretation of Islamic law, known as Sharia.
Since 2009, at least 14,000
people have died at the hands of the Sunni fundamentalists.
(NAN)
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