#BBB NEWS| Boko Haram Suicide Bombers Kill 9 In Cameroon’s Kangeleri Mora District [PHOTO]

In what looked a coordinated campaign of horror, Boko Haram bombers have struck in northern Cameroon, less than 24 hours after the group attacked Chad with female bombers. (pictured above) Cameroonian security agents in rescue operation after suicide bombing Photo Credit: TheNewsNigeria

Early today, two female suicide bombers suspected to be members of the terror group  killed nine people in Kangeleri, near the town of Mora in Cameroon’s Far North region early on Sunday, local government and military sources said.

The group has proclaimed an Islamic emirate in neighbouring northeastern Nigeria, enforcing a brutal interpretation of Islamic law, and also pushed into neighbouring countries.

On Saturday, five suicide bombers had killed over 30 people  in a part of Chad that borders Nigeria.

#BBB NEWS| Nigeria-Based Journalist Arrested In Cameroon, Accused Of Spying For Boko Haram

A Lagos-based Cameroonian journalist, Simon Ateba, has been arrested by Cameroonian authorities as he investigated the conditions of Nigerian refugees camped in the country’s far north.

The journalist, who managed to leave a message on his Facebook page before he was locked up Friday, said he was arrested for venturing, without permission, into a refugee camp with 50,000 Nigerians.

He later told a colleague that the authorities were threatening to charge him for espionage – saying they suspect he was spying for the extremist Boko Haram sect.

PREMIUM TIMES learnt that Mr. Ateba received a grant from the International Centre for Investigative Reporting, Abuja, to investigate the ordeals and suffering of Nigerians who fled into Cameroon as their communities came under sustained attacks from the extremist Boko Haram sect.

#BBB NEWS| President Buhari Arrives Cameroon On A Working Visit Against Boko Haram [PHOTOS]

President Muhammadu Buhari today commenced a two-day visit to Cameroon to hold talks with President Paul Biya and senior Cameroonian officials in continuation of his efforts to build a more effective regional coalition against Boko Haram.

Presidential spokesman Femi Adesina indicated yesterday that talks between the two leaders would focus on the full activation and deployment of the Multinational Joint Task Force against Boko Haram established under the auspices of the Lake Chad Basin Commission. 

They will also discuss further joint measures to curb terrorism, violent extremism and other cross-border crimes.

President Buhari had on his delegation several state governors Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Defence and the Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency.