Catholic Priest and other Nigerians flee to Cameroon to escape Boko Haram

Date: 09-02-2012 1:43 pm (12 years ago) | Author: Akeem Jaffe Jaffa
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    Nigerians have fled in droves to neighbouring Cameroon to escape violence claimed by the Islamist Boko Haram group and revenge attacks by Christians.

“Everybody is insecure in Nigeria. The fear is all-pervading,” said a Christian priest, speaking on condition of anonymity, in Fotokol, a Cameroonian border town where dozens have taken shelter in the last few weeks.

It is located about 100 kilometres (60 miles) from the Nigerian city of Maiduguri, the bastion of the shadowy Boko Haram sect which has been blamed for a slew of terror attacks that have sowed panic in Africa’s most populous nation.

Boko Haram has claimed to be fighting for an Islamic state in the north, but its demands have varied.

“Many Nigerians like myself have fled their villages in the south. We feel secure in Cameroon,” the priest said in Fotokol.

“That is why I am sheltered here,” he added.

He has rented a house which is about 10 minutes by motorcycle to the nearest town in Nigeria, Gamboru Ngala, where he heads the local Catholic church.


http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/02/nigerians-flee-to-cameroon-to-escape-boko-haram-violence/

Posted: at 9-02-2012 01:43 PM (12 years ago) | Gistmaniac
- kebella at 9-02-2012 01:43 PM (12 years ago)
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when was that n' maka why Huh?
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- Bachelorette at 9-02-2012 01:46 PM (12 years ago)
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Quote from: kebella on  9-02-2012 01:43 PM
when was that n' maka why Huh?

na me u dey ask...abi na d Catholic priest?
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- MEND at 9-02-2012 01:55 PM (12 years ago)
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@Poster: Why the emphasy on the Catholic Priest? dem nor be human being? abi, Priest nor dey die?
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- amric at 9-02-2012 02:00 PM (12 years ago)
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- kebella at 9-02-2012 02:17 PM (12 years ago)
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Quote from: Bachelorette on  9-02-2012 01:46 PM

na me u dey ask...abi na d Catholic priest?
no be yu post em Huh?
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- Bachelorette at 9-02-2012 03:41 PM (12 years ago)
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- rayOFsunshine at 9-02-2012 04:49 PM (12 years ago)
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Quote from: MEND on  9-02-2012 01:55 PM
@Poster: Why the emphasy on the Catholic Priest? dem nor be human being? abi, Priest nor dey die?

good question
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- amric at 9-02-2012 05:47 PM (12 years ago)
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- jublow at 11-02-2012 05:01 PM (12 years ago)
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 Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin ;Dso priest dey fear..........i think say blood of jesus cover am
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