Chad withdraws troops from Nigerian border, ending its Boko Haram mission

This appeared in The Millennial Source

On January 3, Chad withdrew 1,200 troops from its Nigerian border, thereby ending its mission to combat Boko Haram. The Chadian forces ended the mission after the nation’s nine-month mandate had expired. “It’s our troops who went to aid Nigerian soldiers months ago returning home. They have finished their mission.

None of our soldiers remain in Nigeria,” said Colonel Azem Bermandoa, a spokesman for the army. He did not specify whether there would be replacements sent to the base.

According to Chad’s general chief of staff General Tahir Erda Tahiro, if the countries in the region in the multinational anti-jihadist force were in agreement, more troops will likely be sent in. “If the states around Lake Chad agree on a new mission there will surely be another contingent redeployed on the ground,” Tahiro said.

Hundreds flee the region

Hundreds of residents in the town of Gajiganna, a town in Nigeria’s volatile northeastern Borno state, have fled to neighboring cities for fear of fresh attacks from militant Islamic group, Boko Haram.

“I left Gajiganna and moved to Maiduguri on Wednesday when I realized that Nigerian…