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US
government announced sending 300 troops along with surveillance drones to
Cameroon to bolster a West African effort to counter the Boko Haram sect.
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Troops from the United
States of America (USA) yesterday commenced drone surveillance over Sambisa
forest in Borno State, North East Nigeria. News correspondents gathered that many Boko Haram militants have been spotted by the
troops inside Sambisa forest. Sambisa
forest is widely believed to be the fortress of the notorious Boko Haram sect.
It is said to be one of the locations where the insurgents are believed to be
holding some of the over 200 school girls who were abducted from Government
Secondary School, Chibok, Borno state in April, 2014.
It
would be recalled that the US government recently said it was sending 300
troops along with surveillance drones to Cameroon to bolster a West African
effort to counter the Boko Haram sect.
Nigeria
and Cameroon had welcomed the US’ decision.
