Runaway Soldiers Return From Cameroon, Sighted In Adamawa!

Some of the 480 Nigerian soldiers that fled to Cameroon following a fierce battle with Boko Haram militants in locations around Borno and Adamawa states have returned as residents of Mubi town in Adamawa State, it has emerged.


Some of the villagers reported seeing tired and tattered-looking soldiers arrive.
The residents said they saw several soldiers, wearing torn uniforms and gloomy faces, returned in the wee hours of Tuesday.
The villagers who said they were at first frightened, suspecting that the soldiers were bokoharam in disguise men later realized they were indeed soldiers.

The Defence Headquarters has also issued a brief statement confirming the return of the soldiers.
It said the “troops who returned from Cameroon were today addressed by the General Officer Commanding 3 Division, Major General Zaruwa as they embarked on another mission in the Counter Terrorism campaign”.
All the soldiers are in high spirit with all their weapons and equipment intact, the statement added.