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Eight fisherman were slain by Boko Haram terrorists during an ambush in northeastern Lake Chad near the Cameroonian border with Nigeria.

On August 2, 2023, rebels who are thought to be from the Bakoura Buduma groups assaulted the fishermen in a remote spot close to Kofia Island in Cameroon.

After a series of successful bombings that resulted in the deaths of numerous terrorists, including senior Commanders, news reporters discovered that the Boko Haram elements had outlawed all fishing and farming activity in their alleged territory.

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Zagazola Makama, a Counter Insurgency Expert and Security Analyst in the Lake Chad Region, was informed by intelligence sources that the victims were killed after being falsely accused of being spies and entering the purportedly hidden territory.

According to the sources, after killing the eight persons, they abducted dozens more fishermen on eight boats, demanding N5M for each boat and its occupants.

The sources claim that during the past few weeks, kidnapping, gun trafficking, cattle rustling, and the imposition of levies on farmers, herders, and fishers have all increased in the area.

On Thursday 15th July 2021, The Nigerian Army has debunked the reports of the release of Boko Haram fighters in Borno State.

The Director Army Public Relations, Onyema Nwachukwu, in a statement on Thursday, said the reports were false and a malicious attempt to dampen troops’ morale and denigrate the Nigerian Army.

Nwachukwu noted that the military does not plan to join issues with the masterminds of the report but will make efforts to set the records straight.

“The Nigerian Army (NA) has been notified of a media publication alleging that the NA has handed over 1009 Ex-Boko Haram fighters to Borno State government.

“The report also alleged that the event was shrouded in secrecy. This report is one of those attempts to dampen troops’ morale and denigrate the NA, riding on the back of unsubstantiated report and misinformation.”

“It is an indisputable fact that the ongoing Counter Terrorism Counter Insurgency Operations (CTCION in the North East has led to the arrest of terrorism/insurgency suspects.”

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“These suspects have been held in custody while undergoing profiling and further investigations by experts from the Joint Investigation Centre (JIC) and those who are found culpable are usually handed over to prosecuting agencies accordingly, while those who are not implicated in terrorism and insurgency are cleared and released to the state government for rehabilitation before they are reintegrated into the society.

“These cleared suspects are therefore not ex-Boko Haram fighters, as peddled in the said online report and as the masterminds would want to impress on the public.

“A total of 1009 cleared suspects, not ex-fighters, were therefore released after this rigorous process on Wednesday 14 July 2021.

“It is also necessary to categorically state that the handing over of the cleared suspects was not shrouded in secrecy as it was witnessed by United Nations Humanitarian and government agencies, in tandem with global best practice.

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“The NA, therefore, urges the general public to discountenance this misinformation, as it is e manipulation and distortion of the truth and reality of the event.” The statement further said

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