*2000 people freed from captivity, says Cameroon

Boko Haram fighters : 300 of them arrested by Multinational Force

Boko Haram forces have further suffered a severe setback in the aftermath of a three day operation by multinational forces.

Cameroon announced today that  multinational forces, working in concert, arrested over 300 Boko Haram fighters  and freed at least 2,000 people from their strongholds along Cameroon, Nigeria and Chad borders.

Cameroon’s commander of the joint forces, Bouba Dobekreo, said Tuesday that during the three-day operation, forces also destroyed a Boko Haram training and logistic base about 35 kilometers (22 miles) north of the Nigerian town of Kumshe.

The country had said last week its forces would attack Boko Haram in their den, under Operation Tentacle.

The governor of Cameroon’s Far North province, Midjiyawa Bakari, has asked that all displaced people be directed by the military to the Minawao refugee camp in northern Cameroon to be better tracked.

Cameroon, Nigeria, Chad, Niger and Benin have contributed about 9,000 troops to fight the six-year insurgency launched by the Nigeria-based militants. More than 1,000 humanitarian workers have also been deployed.