The two dismissed officers were in charge of Cameroon’s
special military force instituted to quell the rising number of Boko Haram
attacks in the region.
Cameroon’s President
Paul Biya on Tuesday, through a decree, sacked two senior army officers in
charge of securing the country’s northern town of Kolofata, following attacks
on the town by the extremist Boko Haram sect.
The wife of the
country’s Vice Prime Minister, Amadou Ali, was kidnapped in the raid, which
claimed at least seven lives.
The President
announced the decree over the state radio on Tuesday proclaiming the immediate
dismissal of Youssa Gedeon, commander of the Gendarmerie Legion in the north,
and Justin Ngonga, commander of the 34th Motorized Infantry Battalion in the
same region.
The two dismissed
officers were in charge of Cameroon’s special military force instituted to
quell the rising number of Boko Haram attacks in the region.
The special force is
said to have been strategically placed along Cameroon’s border communities with
Nigeria as one of the security measures agreed upon between Nigeria and
Cameroon at the France meeting in May.
The special force is
made up of about 1000 soldiers.
Premium Times.
* At least action is being taken somehow, we see to be in a rut. Hmmm
* At least action is being taken somehow, we see to be in a rut. Hmmm
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