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Friday, January 10, 2014
Cameroon has increased security at its border in the north to guard against Nigeria’s Islamist militant group, Boko Haram. The militants have been said to be hindering movement in the border region.
Civilians have been fleeing insurgent attacks and crossing into Cameroon for safety. A military unit has also been deployed to the northern areas including armed guards at some tourist hotels.
“We have revised our security strategy. We have registered all expatriates and established police posts in areas where they work. There are security control posts along the border to reduce illegal entry,” said Bob-Iga Emmanuel, the head of police division at the governor’s office in the Far North region.
Nigeria and Cameroon have agreed to conduct separate border patrols as it is believed that the Islamist militants take various routes through Cameroon to move to other Nigerian states. The instability has hindered northern Cameroon’s traders with imported items spiking in price while local products have fallen. Northern Cameroon traders export livestock, rice, groundnuts, and soya to its neighbor while importing industrial products, construction materials, and pharmaceutical products.
The trouble with the Boko Haram has also affected petrol prices in the region, mainly because it is getting harder to smuggle stolen Nigerian crude over the border into Cameroon with government troops in the area.
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