them on the Nigerian side, the Nigeria’s Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has said that no foreign air force aircraft launched any airstrike on Nigeria’s territory on Monday.Reacting to media reports on 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 DHQ in a post on its twitter handle, said 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.
The report said that Cameroon’s minister of information, Issa Tchiroma, had in a statement, said that the coordinated assaults on five towns and villages showed a change in tactics by Boko Haram fighters and 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”
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