Nigerian Islamic sect Boko Haram yesterday fired eight rockets from Gambaru deep within Northern Nigeria into Fotokol. Cameroon Concord gathered from sources that the Cameroon military responded with heavy fire.

No casualties have been reported from the rocket attacks. Meanwhile a Cameroon military briefing in the nation’s capital Yaounde ended in disarray as some journalists disputed what was made public by Cameroon’s army spokesman Colonel Badjeck Didier.

Colonel Badjeck is reported to have announced during the press briefing that Cameroon has so far lost 33 servicemen in the six months of combating the Boko Haram terrorist group fighters. Some Cameroonian news reporters covering the fighting in the North however described Colonel Badjeck as a “liar”.