Nigerian, Not Cameroon Airforce BombedBoko Haram Terrorists in North-East – –DHQ

Following reports Tuesday, that
Cameroonian air force jets on Monday
launched air strikes on scores of Boko
Haram terrorists who occupied a military
base in Northern Cameroon and bombed
them on the Nigerian side, the Defence
Headquarters said yesterday that no
foreign air force aircraft launched any
airstrike on Nigeria’s territory.
Rather, DHQ in a post on its twitter
handle, disclosed that the air strikes that
killed Boko Haram terrorists in the said
confrontation at the Nigerian divide of the
border town with Cameroon was carried
out by Nigerian Airforce fighter aircraft.
It said it will investigate the source of the
information claiming that the air strikes
were carried out by a foreign air force.
Cameroon’s minister of information, Issa
Tchiroma had in a statement, said the
coordinated assaults on five towns and
villages showed a change in tactics by
Boko Haram fighters, adding that the
group’s campaign to carve out an Islamic
Caliphate has spread from North East
Nigeria to neighbouring Cameroon.
He added that President Paul Biya
ordered air strikes to flush out Boko
Haram terrorists’ from Northern
Cameroon.
However, Defence Spokesman, Major
General Chris Olukolade said, “Ongoing
highly Coordinated Air operation is being
conducted by the Nigeria Air force. No
indication of any Foreign Force engaging
in any part of Nigeria. We will investigate
claims of Airstrikes by a Foreign Force on
our Soil. This serves to satisfy peddlers of
strange claims and stories”
Continuing, Olukolade asked, “What could
be the motive of Foreign Media outfits
peddling false/exaggerated claims of a
neighboring Army’s exploits on Nigerian
soil?”