5 Countries opt to send 8,700 Troops To Help Nigerian Govt. Fight Boko Haram

North-eastern Nigeria and neighbouring countries, Nigeria, Chad, Niger, Cameroun and Benin Republic at the weekend promises to send 8,700 troops, police and civilians as part of a regional effort to fight Boko Haram terrorists.

“The representatives of Benin, Cameroun, Niger, Nigeria and Chad have announced contributions totalling 8,700 military personnel, police and civilians,” the countries said in a statement after a meeting in Cameroun's capital, Yaounde.

The announcement came out of a three-day summit focused on organising the force that will battle the Islamist militants, who are engaged in a worsening six-year insurgency centred in Northeastern Nigeria.
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However it may take some time for them to implement.
Country representatives at the summit agreed to launch a mission to “foster a safe and secure environment in the impacted regions" and tackle an insurgency that has killed at least 13,000 people and pushed more than a million from their homes since 2009, reported the AFP.
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African Union leaders will submit the plan for the force crafted by Western and African experts to the UN Security Council for approval.

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