Cameroonian soldiers invade 2 Taraba communities; residents flee

The Chairman of Kurmi Local Government Area of Taraba State has cried out as the presence of Cameroonian soldiers in some villages of his council sends fear across the communities.

According to Amamzalla John Danladi Joseph, the foreign soldiers have been harassing and intimidating the villagers, claiming they are looking for Cameroonians crossing into Nigeria.

Joseph said the soldiers were in Mairogo and Tosso.

“The residents of Mairogo and Tosso villages were repeatedly intimidated by the Cameroonian soldiers who claimed they were searching for Ambazonian agitators who fled Cameroon at the heat of their clash recently and took refuge in some communities in the area.”

The chairma said he and the Commanding Officer in charge of the Nigerian Army 93 Battalion in Takum council of the state, in company of no fewer than 60 soldiers, visited the villages as directed by Gov. Darius Dickson Ishaku.

He however reassured the people of the affected villages of the commitment of the state government towards protecting their lives and property from external aggression.