A government spokesman in Cameroon has said that more than 5,000 people, including women and children, have been freed from Boko Haram’s captivity, and that at least 60 Boko Haram fighters have been killed by Cameroon and Nigerian soldiers in operations since the end of January.
According to Ceoafrica, Issa Tchiroma Bakary, also disclosed that they have been transported to a camp for internally displaced people in the Nigerian town of Banki.
Thousands of Cameroonian soldiers, supported by Nigerian troops, have been launching raids on Boko Haram strongholds in the Mandara Mountains that straddle the two countries since the 26th of January.
According to him “at least 60 terrorists were killed, 21 suspects were arrested and are helping Cameroon and Nigerian military in their investigations.
“A refuge centre for the insurgents is entirely destroyed on the Mandara highlands, a petroleum depot destroyed and an explosive factory destroyed".
“Soldiers have also destroyed the residence of a Boko Haram leader which also served as a hideout for the extremists, along with a huge consignment of weapons, vehicles and motorcycles” he said adding that no soldiers has been killed.
