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Cameroonian Seperatists Did Not Invade Nigeria, Army Insists

May 31, 2022 4:46 am

The Nigerian Army has described as false, viral reports on social media that insinuate that Nigerian villages were attacked by Cameroonian (Ambazonian) separatists on 29 May 2022 without any form of resistance.

A statement by the Director, Army Public Relations, Brig Gen Onyema Nwachukwu on Tuesday said, ‘Contrary to the misinformation, own troops deployed at Danare received information on Sunday morning about the said attack.

‘The troops immediately mobilised to Bashu community, which was allegedly under attack.’

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He went on to add that; ‘On their arrival, it was …

Boko Haram: Ekhomu Condemn Hiring Of Cameroonian Vigilantes

December 1, 2019 7:55 am

A security expert, Dr. Ona Ekhomu has condemned the hiring of 150 Cameroonian vigilantes to combat Boko Haram in Borno State. He described the move by the state governor as a huge mistake, which is likely to increase security threats in Nigeria’s North East.

In a press statement issued in Lagos, Dr. Ekhomu who is the President of the Association of Industrial Security and Safety Operators of Nigeria (AISSON) said that the Borno Governor did not have the powers to recruit foreigners to conduct internal security operations in the state.

He said that there was no legal backing for foreign

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Akwa Ibom: Cameroonian Gendarmes kill scores of Nigerians

May 7, 2019 11:56 pm

Scores of Nigerians were feared killed and others missing following an alleged attacks by Cameroonian gendarmes on Abana, a fishing community on the fringes the Bakassi Peninsula.

The Village Head of Ifa Ikot Akpan in Uyo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, Etteidung Edem Ebong, who confirmed the incident to journalists in Uyo, said the victims were mostly Akwa Ibom indigenes.

The monarch added that several others have been abducted and detained at the detention facility in Cameroon.

One of the fishermen, who escaped the incident and fled into his community in the coastal community of Uruan Local Government …

PDP debunks APC’s claim on Atiku’s Cameroonian citizenship

April 14, 2019 11:19 pm

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described as “reckless and groundless” claim by the All Progressives Congress (APC) that its presidential candidate in the just concluded general election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, is a Cameroonian.

The main opposition party said the allegation is a calculated attempt by the ruling party to trivialise and divert attention from alleged rigging of the presidential election.

It was, however, good news for the PDP yesterday as it won the four state assembly seats in the supplementary election organised by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Rivers State last Saturday.

With these results, PDP has …