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Troops of Cameroons Rapid dIntervention Battalions
Troops of Cameroon’s Rapid d’Intervention Battalions (BIR) have reportedly launched airstrikes at Ine Mba forest in Idabato subdivision of Bakassi Peninsula targeting militants of the Black Marine, a separatist group purportedly loyal to the Biafra Nations League (BnL).
Recall that the town was among the areas under Cameroon, the militant group confronted the troops, forcing them to retreat during their operation in the Gulf of Guinea which resulted to battle between them and Joint Border Forces of Nigeria and Cameroon.
Reports said that about two helicopters hovered round the forest mid-week, dropping explosives and destroying the militant camps.
Henry Edet, Operational Coordinator of BnL, said he was not sure if anybody was killed, but confirmed that Black Marine camps have been destroyed by the airstrikes.
Authorities in Cameroon want oil firms that have been forced to shut down operations in the peninsula to resume drilling.
