There is confusion over why some 480 Nigerians soldiers are now in Cameroon.
Whereas it has been alleged that the soldiers fled the fierce battle ground while fighting against members of the outlawed Boko Haram extremists, for Cameroon, weekend, but Nigerian Army authority has said that the soldiers only engaged in what it termed tactical manoeuvre.
The Cameroonian Army said the soldiers have been disarmed and are accommodated in schools, the BBC reported yesterday.
The Defence Headquarters has however, explained that Nigerian troops found in Cameroun was as a result of sustained battle between the soldiers and Boko Haram terrorists around the borders with Cameroon which saw the Nigerian troops “charging through the borders in a tactical manoeuvre.”
A statement by the Director of Defence Information, Major General Chris Olukolade, said a unit of soldiers fighting insurgents found themselves on Cameroonian soil even though it was not planned and this happened because of the terrain and common boundaries shared by the two countries, which sometimes, was difficult to differentiate.
“Being allies, the normal protocol of managing such incidents demanded that the troops submit their weapons in order to assure the friendly country that they were not on a hostile mission. When the incident was noticed, the issues were sorted out following necessary discussions between Nigerian and Cameroonian military authorities.  Subsequently, the troops were escorted back into Nigeria and they are on their way back to join their unit in Nigeria.”
This is coming even as the insurgents who have recently laid claim to a part of Adamawa State appear to be making further inroads into the state.
Residents of Madagali Local Government area of the state have said that  the insurgents have urged them to go about their normal businesses, claiming that they are in charge of the entire areas but needed their cooperation.
Residents of Gulak, Madagali and other communities in the area described every minute bombardment by the insurgents as worrisome and tormenting.
Barrister Ahmed Gulak, former Special Adviser on Political Matter to President Goodluck Jonathan who happened to be an indigene of the area also described the situation there as beyond comments.
Gulak, who spoke to newsmen in his country home in Yola observed that the situation, if not well handled, may mean the insurgents might be heading towards the state capital soonest.
Residents of the areas who spoke on phone with journalists confirmed that the insurgents are in full control of the entire communities with no presence of security men.
According to the villagers, the insurgents have been patrolling the streets of Madagali and Gulak as well as the highway leading to Borno State, urging the people to go about their normal business and ignore the curfew imposed by the Adamawa State Government.
According to the villagers, the insurgents claimed that they are in full control of the areas and government is imposing curfew and challenged the Nigeria security to come there and enforce the curfew.
It will be recalled that the state government has imposed a 24-hour curfew on Madagali Local Government Area of the state as part of measures to curb the escalating insurgent attacks in adjourning villages in the border between Adamawa and Borno states.
The Adamawa State government in a statement in Yola Monday, observed that it has no alternative than to take such measures as the insurgency attacks in the area deteriorate at every minute of the day.
Nigerian soldiers have repeatedly complained about their weapons, and have accused their superiors of exposing them to a better armed Boko Haram.
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Safe journey back. The whole story seems awkward sha

if I may ask, wata gwan in Nigeria?

terrible news

BH dares d lion in its den

anyway evil can never prevail over truth

let those providing support for BH stop forthwith