Nigeria refugees in Cameroon said on Tuesday, December 8 that they had to walk for days before reaching a refugee center.
Mariamu Abubakar, a farmer, said Cameroonian soldiers on Monday, November 30, killed about 150 people in his village near Nigeria’s Banki border post.
Abubakar stressed , the troops raided and stole the villagers’ livestock and set their huts ablaze.
He was among 643 refugees who arrived at night on Monday,December 7, at Adamawa’s Fufore transit center.
AFP reported that the refugees came from Gamboru to Banki, a 150-kilometer stretch along the Nigeria-Cameroon border.
Earlier on Tuesday, December 8, Governor Bindow Jibrilla of Adamawa state, accused Cameroon of sending their nationals into his state disguised as refugees.
Jibrilla told pressmen that he did not know why it was happening but noted that there were thousands of people brought in under the refugee guise.
On the other hand, Cameroon’s government has denied the charges and claims of an attack on residents in any Nigerian village.
There are speculation that a major discovery of black gold within the borders could be the cause of the attack, as only last week, Nigeria’s petroleum minister said he expects a major oil discovery soon in the Lake Chad Basin.
The minister also hinted that the finding is likely to fuel more border conflicts in the northeastern part of Nigeria that joins Chad, Cameroon and Niger.
