Chad sends thousands of soldiers to Bosso

• Troops from Chad will storm Niger’s Bosso searching for the Boko Haram insurgents 

• Chad plans counter-attack on the town following the massive onslaught by the insurgents last week

Chad sends thousands of soldiers to Bosso

Some two thousands soldiers from the Multinational Joint Task Force led by Chad will storm Bosso, Niger after the attack of the deadly Boko Haram sect last week, Daily Mail reports.

The source, who asked not to be named, said that the “heavily armed” troops from the force will “search everywhere for Boko Haram.”

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Chad is a key member of a multi-national force fighting the Nigeria-based insurgents who have extended their attacks to neighbouring following intense campaign against the terrorism by the incumbent Nigerian president.

“An estimated 50,000 people or so fled,” UN refugee agency (UNHCR) spokesperson Adrian Edwards told journalists on June 7.

The attacks in Bosso commenced last Friday, June 3 on army post in Niger’s Diffa region. The Boko Haram fighters killed 26 soldiers comprising two from neighbouring Nigeria.

Niger authorities said that a total of 55 terrorists from the Nigeria-based sect were killed and “many” wounded.

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While one of the sources claimed that the insurgents had overrun the town, Niger’s defence minister Assoumana Malam Issa has said that the army had regained control.

Last year, Chad sent soldiers to Nigeria, Niger and Cameroon to fight Boko Haram. The regional MJTF comprises the four countries.

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