After the Kolofata attack, supplementary human and material reinforcements are being made on the front lines. Military vehicles literally stormed the international airport of Maroua-Salak on Saturday.

The arrival in the region of the Chief of staff of the armed forces as well as other senior grades of the Cameroonian Army gave rise to an unusual commotion.

Sent by the head of State, lieutenant-general René Claude Meka came to arrange operative response by the Cameroonian army against the sect Boko Haram.

More than a week after the sad events of Kolofata, senior officers, officers and men of high ranks descended on the ground.

It was a question not only to reassure the population stunned by this attack of rare brutality but also and especially to ensure the traceability of the route or the circuit borrowed by the attackers for their operation.

According to a civil Kolofata source, the city is guarded by the defence forces. At the highest level, the Kolofata attack has shocked everyone not only the intended target, the heavy human toll. Material as well as human reinforcement has recently been deployed to the field. Several trucks carrying soldiers recently arrived in the city of Maroua.

A military official says that they will be deployed in the three departments of the Mayo-Tsanaga, Mayo-Sava and Logone-and-Chari. In addition to adjustments of staffing, far-reaching logistical means have been deployed.

Now military aviation will enter the scene. According to military sources, new reinforcements in men and equipment departed from Yaoundé. The same sources confirm the chartering of two helicopters, which are specialized in the transport of troops and the support of ground fighters.

Also tanks equipped with more powerful guns and equipment allowing men to fight by night has been made available. This arsenal comes in support of reconnaissance helicopters and fighter planes already pre-positioned at the 301 Garoua base.

Local administrative authorities invited the populations not to give in to fear and seek to denounce the criminals lurking in the districts. After the end of Ramadan prayer, the Governor of the region of the far North Midjiyawa Bakari asked the population not to panic, to have faith in the Government of the Republic.

"Reinforcements will arrive to clean up the area and put an end to the action of Boko Haram," he says. At present, research is ongoing to find the hostages.

Defence forces comb the Cameroonian border communities looking for clues about the place of detention of the abductees in Kolofata and elsewhere.