vehicles have been deployed in Cameroon to help the
country fight Boko Haram, a
senior Cameroonian military officer based in Maroua of
the Far-North Region said on Monday.
The military source said the vehicles arrived in the
country less than a week after U.S. President Barack
Obama announced a decision to send 300 troops, along
with surveillance drones to Cameroon in order to
enhance the nation's effort to counter the terrorist
group.
The officer said some members of U.S. troops
deployed in the Central African Republic are also
expected in the region, who will train the Cameroon
defence forces on making good use of the armoured
vehicles.
The dreaded Boko Haram sect has been using mostly
young girls as suicide bombers in the Far-North Region
of Cameroon. Its many other attacks along the western
border of the country has also forced close to 200,000
farmers and business operators to move further inland
for peace and security.
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