Nigerian Troops Flee From Fierce Battle With Boko Haram Into Cameroon

Some 480 Nigerian soldiers have fled into Cameroon following fierce fighting with Boko Haram militants, Cameroon's army has said.

Army spokesman Lt Col Didier Badjek said the soldiers had been disarmed and were now being accommodated in schools.
Clashes are said to be continuing in the border town of Gamboru Ngala.
Boko Haram on Sunday released a video in which it said it had established an Islamic state in the towns and villages it controls in north-eastern Nigeria.
The group's five-year insurgency has intensified in recent months despite the deployment of thousands of extra troops to the worst-affected areas.
Last week, a group of soldiers refused to follow orders to go and fight Boko Haram, saying the militants were better equipped.
Insurgents also seized one of Nigeria's two main police training academies, which is near the town of Gwoza, captured earlier this month.
The Nigerian soldiers are currently in the Cameroonian town of Maroua, about 80km (50 miles) from the Nigerian border, Lt Col Badjek said.
Thousands of civilians are also said to have fled across the border.
In May, some 300 people were killed in an attack on Gamboru Ngala, which left much of the town in ruins.
It is near Gwoza, the largest town under control of Boko Haram. In the most recent census, in 2006, it had a population of more than 265,000 people.
In the 52-minute video released on Sunday, Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau said Gwoza was now "part of the Islamic state".
He did not specify whether his groups now had any links to the Islamic State (IS) group, which has seized much of northern Iraq in recent months, prompting the US to respond with air strikes.
There is no evidence for such links but in July, Mr Shekau congratulated IS on its territorial gains.

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Posted: at 25-08-2014 04:01 PM (9 years ago) | Addicted Hero

My question is where are they getting this kind of equipment who are the people equipting them?

Posted: at 25-08-2014 04:33 PM (9 years ago) | Gistmaniac

BOKO! BOKO!!!  NA WAH OO!

Posted: at 25-08-2014 04:44 PM (9 years ago) | Hero

In as much as the Name of Jesus is powerful.....this is a scourge caused by Nigerians and can only be quenched by Nigerians.
We're too passive......always chanting IJN whilst sitting down when others are chanting "Allahu Akbar" and raving havoc in our society.

I beg to differ.....We need to save ourselves.

Posted: at 25-08-2014 05:11 PM (9 years ago) | Hero

 

Posted: at 25-08-2014 05:38 PM (9 years ago) | Addicted Hero

 

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Posted: at 25-08-2014 06:57 PM (9 years ago) | Hero

It still amazes me the artillery these people have in their arsenal

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Posted: at 25-08-2014 07:17 PM (9 years ago) | Addicted Hero

 Let Pray that BOKO HARAM does not lay there HANDs ON ( Qassam Rockets 4  Weight    Qassam 1: 35kg; Qassam 2: 40kg; Qassam 3: 50kg; Qassam 4: 40-50 kg[1]
Length    = Qassam 1: 180cm; Qassam 2: 180cm; Qassam 3: 220cm; Qassam 4: 244 cm[1]
Diameter    = Qassam 1: 11.5cm; Qassam 2: 11.5cm; Qassam 3: 11.5cm;Qassam 4: 11.5cm[1]
Warhead  =   Explosive material with metal bearings;[2] standard explosive material[3]
Warhead weight =   Qassam 1: 5kg; Qassam 2: 10kg; Qassam 3: 20kg; Qassam 4:~10kg
Propellant    Solid fuel =  (sugar and potassium nitrate mix)
Operationalrange =
   Qassam 1: 5km; Qassam 2: 12km; Qassam 3: 16km ), Which Hamas use against Israel,
that's if they haven't gotten it already . GOD HELP US ALL. because this one the Nigeria military are scared of BKH because they have tanks and Anti-aircraft guns mounted on truck with Rocket prepaid-grenade. easy to make

Posted: at 25-08-2014 07:57 PM (9 years ago) | Newbie

bros no vexoo how on earth did u no all this hope is not what am thinking

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Posted: at 25-08-2014 08:22 PM (9 years ago) | Addicted Hero

hahahahaha soldiers run?? hohohoh

Posted: at 25-08-2014 08:32 PM (9 years ago) | Upcoming