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| Why did 480 Nigerian soldiers fighting to Boko Haram flee to Cameroon? |
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Conflicting reports are trailing the inglorious fleeing of Nigerian almost 500 Nigerian soldiers fighting Boko Haram into Cameroon. While the Nigerian Defence Headquarters had said this was a tactical move, facts on ground suggest that the soldiers had fled being killed in a ferocious attack by Boko Haram terrorists. The assumed leader of the Islamic jihadi organistion, Abubakar Shekau, recently released a video claiming dominance over Gwoza town and declaring it an Islamic caliphate. The insurgents also seized a police training academy, near the town of Gwoza. The video also showed Nigerian soldiers abandoning their posts and fleeing from the approaching terrorists.
