BOKO HARAM: Cameroon Arrests 50 Nigerian Businessmen suspected of sponsoring the sect
The Cameroon’s military
authorities said they have arrested 50 Nigerian businessmen who are
allegedly supporting the dreaded Boko haram sects.
This development is coming two days after it was reported that the Cameroonian soldiers killed 10 suspected members of the Islamist group.
The Wednesday killing, according to the Voice of America, took place in Mora along the Cameroon border with Borno State.
The military said, in addition to killing
some of the militants, it confiscated vehicles, a large number of
weapons, and detained dozens of Nigerians on suspicion of aiding Boko
Haram.
On June 24, it was reported that the Military of Cameroon reportedly arrested 40 Boko Haram suspects
in the country north and sealed off the market, where the dreaded sect
militants are allegedly hiding weapon they use for their deadly
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The spokesperson for the Cameroonian military, Colonel Chioka Pierre, told the VOA
they had been conducting sweeps as part of an intensified crackdown on
persons behind violent incidents in Cameroon,
believed to be connected
to the Islamist insurgents.
He said they had been searching border
villages to prevent incursions or to stop militants from using the
country as a hideout or launching pad for attacks. According to him,
local residents are cooperating with the military to root out Boko Haram
suspects in the area.
There have been reports of strange faces
seen in the border villages and residents said they were afraid Boko
Haram might be recruiting young, unemployed people in Cameroon.
It will be recalled that It was reported that the boko
haram terrorists were snatching young boys from Cameroonian schools
located around the border with Nigeria and were forcing them into the
sect, which caused fear among the people.
According to a Cameroonian, Bipong Dennis: “We
are seeing most of our graduates every year having no jobs. Tell me, if
somebody comes and proposes a high sum of money to join this
organisation, most youths are desperate, they will be forced to do
everything to get into these extremist activities”.
Military spokesperson, Colonel Didier
Badjeck, acknowledged Boko Haram had become a serious threat in northern
Cameroon and said the security situation in northern Cameroon was
getting worse and the terrorist group was a threat in terms of
recruiting young people, killing, looting and stealing.
