Eleven killed in Boko Haram attacks in Cameroon

Leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria in Kaduna, Sheikh Mohammed Mukhtar Sahabi, while briefing journalists ahead of the trekking which commenced at Layin Kosai in Tudun Wada area of the state, said Boko Haram insurgents’ could not stop the procession.

An unspecified number of teenage girls were abducted on Sunday in Bam Village, located about 170 km south of state-capital Maiduguri, after razing buildings and killing at least seven people, a security official told Xinhua news agency.

“They came around 7 p.m. and started firing on the soldiers during which all the soldiers ran away”.

“So we have to show them that they don’t have to die to have a better life”, she said.

The Nigerian military has released a statement urging residents to exercise caution during the holiday season, as the Christian holidays will prove attractive celebrations to interrupt for Boko Haram terrorists.

Members of Boko Haram, armed with Kalashnikovs, attacked the village in the southern region of Diffa over the weekend.

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has given this month a deadline for the army to end the Boko Haram insurgency.

“We used to have pockets of Boko Haram, it’s definitely expanding”. The statement does not provide specifics for handling a Boko Haram village raid other than the importance of supporting the military’s efforts.

Boko Haram, now the deadliest terrorist group in the world, has since 2009 killed some 13,000 people.

Instead, the group has increasingly favoured suicide and bomb attacks against civilians in towns and cities to secure maximum casualties and publicity.

This year Boko Haram has expanded attacks into Cameroon, Chad and Niger – all countries contributing troops to a regional force meant to wipe out the extremists.