Soldiers of the United forces of the West African Union managed to release about five thousand people who were held captive by the militant group Boko Haram. About it reports Reuters.
The operation was conducted throughout the week along the Nigerian-Cameroonian border, where the camps in which the hostages were kept. In addition, it is specified that shelter the militants in the mountains have been completely destroyed.
“Among those released are mainly children, women and elderly,” — said the representative of the government of Cameroon, Issa Bakary Chiroma.
In December last year, the President of Nigeria, Mohammed Buhari stated that the country’s army seized the last fortified camp of insurgents of grouping “the West African province of the “Islamic state”” (old name “Boko Haram”, prohibited in Russia).
According to him, the “fall “Camp Zero” meant the final defeat of the terrorists from the “Boko Haram” in their last enclave in the woods Sambisa”.
The group “Boko Haram” (translated means “Western education is a sin”), established in 2002, operates mainly in the territory of Nigeria. Supporters of the organization in favor of the introduction in the country of Sharia law and are fighting against Western influence.