A Cameroonian member of parliament and a traditional leader over the weekend alleged that gunmen from Nigeria have killed at least five of its soldiers and wounded several others in the village of Bakinjaw on Cameroon’s border with the west Africa country.
Aka Martin Tyoga, MP for the district of Akwaya in southwestern Cameroon, where the incident took place, told Reuters that the attack happened early on Friday.
Tyoga noted that hundreds of armed Fulani herdsmen crossed the border from Taraba state in Nigeria to attack a military post.
He said it was a retaliation after Cameroonian soldiers killed several herdsmen the day before.
Agwa Linus, the traditional ruler of Bakinjaw, said the attackers also burnt down his home.
“This is not the first time they are attacking – it’s very unfortunate,” he said.
