Cameroon, Chad And Niger May Enter Nigeria To Fight Boko Haram!

Presidency has said that Multinational troops fighting Boko Haram in Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and Niger will be able to cross borders to fight the insurgents.
Cameroon has increased its army presence in the north to fight Nigeria-based insurgents.
Garba Shehu, President Muhammadu Buhari’s spokesman told the BBC News that there was now trust between those contributing troops since the swearing-in of Buhari o May 29.
Shehu was speaking before the Nigerian leader’s visit to Cameroon.
An improved force with 8,700 soldiers from Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria is to become fully functional in August.

He said: “Boko Haram is in disarray and it is doubtful they have any central command.”
It should be noted that President Buhari has made the multinational force central to his strategy in tackling the terrorism.
The force of soldiers, police and civilian staff will be situated in Chad’s capital, N’Djamena, which has also been suffered from the violence.

“All the countries agreed this operation will not recognise international boundaries – wherever terrorists are they will be chased to these locations and they will be fought until they are finished,”Shehu added.
Cameroon has recently said it would arrange an extra 2,000 troops along its northern border with Nigeria to end Boko Haram.

Nigerian militants are being accused of increase in suicide attacks in northern Cameroon.
The Nigerian Army with the help of troops from Chad and Niger, earlier this year recaptured most of the areas taken over by the insurgents.
While Boko Haram insurgents have lost their strongholds, they are still active and there has been a spite in their activities in suicide attacks since Buhari elected the president.

President Buhari is currently in Cameroon to hold crucial talks in his bid to stop the insurgency.
Brig-Gen. T. Y. Buratai, the Chief of Army Staff, has appointed a new head of the Multinational force on Boko Haram on July 29, Wednesday.