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Boko Haram Kidnaps Police Officer In Cameroon

Wednesday, January 06, 2016 at 6:29 PM by Khadijah Thabit 1 min read

The members of the deadly Boko Haram sect have kidnapped the police commissioner Usmaila Sagu in Cameroon last Sunday.

Boko Haram Kidnaps Police Officer In Cameroon — Boko Haram members.

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His official car has been found burnt between Gassama and Kabo villages in the neighbouring country.

Cameroon and Chad have been targeted by the Islamist militants from northern Nigeria.

American President Barack Obama in October 2015 deployed troops to Cameroon to help fight against the militants.

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Cameroon is in a regional force led by Nigeria against the terrorists, expected to be operational by the end of the last year.

President Muhammadu Buhari, who gave his army chiefs three month to wipe out the Boko Haram group, recently said that Nigeria has "technically won the war".

However, despite successes, the insurgency is still far from being get rid of.

The militant sect has a vast number of young female suicide bombers, they are continuing to target innocent people in separete or sometimes even group bombings.

Source: Legit.ng

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