Boko Haram emerged in in 2009 as a Nigeria-based insurgent group, but has expanded its presence to the neighboring countries of Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Benin – killing more than 16,000 people in the process.
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The report also documented both Boko Haram’s violent attacks and abuses against the population, and the Camerounian government’s response, including what it alleged were crimes under worldwide law and human rights violations committed by its security forces, and should be read in close connection with previous Amnesty global reports on the situation in north-east Nigeria.
“This act by the accomplices is detrimental to the ongoing effort of the various security agencies under Operation Lafiya Dole“.
30 – Civilians were killed by Boko Haram fighters on October 2014 in the village of Amchide, – in addition to 8 members of the security forces.
Nigeria was worst affected, with almost 1.2 million children – more than half of them under five – uprooted by the Islamist insurgency, which is concentrated in the country’s remote northeast.
“As Boko Haram has brought its violence to Cameroon, civilians have come increasingly under fire”, the report asserted. At least 25 of these men and boys – perhaps more – died in custody during the night of their arrest in a makeshift cell, while 45 others were taken and registered in Maroua’s prison the following day.
The report graphically explains how Boko Haram uses the cruelest methods to kill its victims, including slitting their throats and burning them to death.
Abana who was reacting to the report of the arrest of 33 suspected food suppliers to the Boko Haram terrorists in Damboa axis around Azir-Wajiroko road, Borno State, urged for more Intensive patrols and vigilance of the military.
According to AI, over 160 people were interviewed for the latest report, including during three Amnesty worldwide research missions in northern Cameroun in February, March and May 2015, as well as follow-up research between June and August 2015. In one cordon-and-search operation at least eight people, including a child, were killed and more than 70 buildings were burnt down in the villages of Magdeme and Doublé on 27 December 2014. It also accuses the group of kidnapping young men and girls as well as preying on poor men with little prospects of employment or education. While the army has freed the last few towns still under some form of Boko Haram control, IDPs are reluctant to return home.
This is the number of letters sent since July 2015 to the Cameroonian authorities raising concerns and requesting updated information.
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The 74-page report describes how Boko Haram has brutally killed civilians and also details excessive use of force by Cameroonian soldiers in their fight against the insurgents.
