Following sustained Boko Haram attacks in the North-Eastern part
of the country, thousands of Nigerians have been forced to flee their homes,
swamping towns in the north of neighbouring Cameroon, authorities said
yesterday. This came as Boko Haram terrorists, for three days, laid siege to
Gamboru town, forcefully conscripting youths to fight both the Nigerian and
Cameroonian troops. They were said to have killed those who resisted them.
After the three-day attack, 29 persons were killed, while 215 of the youths,
who fled to Cameroon to escape the forceful conscription, have recounted their
ordeals in the hands of the insurgents. A Cameroonian police officer told AFP on condition of anonymity
that: We’ve been flooded here in Mora by Cameroonians and Nigerians fleeing
Boko Haram. The day before yesterday (Friday), there were already more than
10,000 people in Mora. Not a day goes by without more people coming. The number
of internally displaced people in Nigeria and those who have crossed its
borders into Cameroon, Niger and Chad because of the militant violence has been
increasing, with no end in sight to the insurgency. A picture taken on August
21, 2014 shows Internally Displaced People (IDP) receiving food in Madagali
camp in Nigeria's northeastern Adamawa State.
Vanguard Newspaper
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