File: Cameroonian soldiers patrol on November 12, 2014 in Amchide, northern Cameroon, 1 km from Nigeria. The city was raided by Islamists from Nigeria’s Boko Haram, killing eight cameroonian soldiers and leading the population to flee on October 15, 2014, before another six coordinated attacks that killed at least three civilians in the remote north of the country, on November 9, 2014. Boko Haram’s five-year insurgency in neighboring Nigeria has left thousands dead, and the Islamists have occasionally carried out attacks over the border. Cameroon has deployed more than 1,000 soldiers in the extreme northeast of the country to counter the Islamist threat. AFP PHOTO
By Abdulsalam Muhammad
KANO – No fewer than 37 military personnel escaped death at Gaya 65km south of Kano Friday morning when their convoy crashed into a ditch.
Eyewitness, Sule Adamu told Vanguard that the incident occured along Gaya–Jahun federal highway at about 7.30 am when the convoy tried to make a u-turn when they realised they had missed their way.
Adamu said that “at the moment most of them are in critical conditions at Gaya General hospital, and there are visible cases of fractures among the wounded personnel”.
The eyewitness stated that from all indications, they were travelling to Maiduguri when they missed their road at Gaya- Dutse federal highway.
Confirming the incident, Captain Eze of 3rd Motorised Brigade, Kano, while confirming the incident said “I would furnish you with details, as soon as it is available.”
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