While Barack Obama has pledged support to Nigeria’s fight against Boko Haram, the terror sect has just burnt some students to death in Cameroon.
Shortly after President Buhari and Obama met, reports emerged that members of the Islamic sect-Boko Haram, attacked some villages in Cameroon.
Information reaching Tori reveals that about 80 militants burned at least nine students alive, in an attack that saw around 23 people killed.
It was gathered that the Nigeria-based Boko Haram Islamists, burnt several students and villagers alive in Cameroon just days before the multi-national African task force was set to begin their operations against the militants.
According to local reports, at least nine pupils were burnt to death when the insurgents stormed the Kamouna village in northern Cameroon, the bodies of the children were later found in a bush.
Witnesses say that the seven troops which were present as of the time when the militants struck the village were quickly overpowered.
Pastor Edward Ngosu, who has dwelt in the village for four years, told the Associated Press that, “They (security forces) began shooting in the air to scare the attackers,” but to no avail.
The L’oeil du sahel newspaper, which closely monitors the insurgents’ activities in the region, reports that approximately 300 houses have been entirely burnt down by the Islamists.
It was learnt that the villagers had asked the government to step up security for them after a nearby village was attacked by Boko Haram militants earlier.
Nigeria and other African Nations such as: Niger, Chad and Cameroon are boosting their regional cooperation to combat the violence of Boko Haram, who recently pledged allegiance to the Iraqi-based Islamic State (Isis) group
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