After losing 40 soldiers in a raid by Boko Haram terrorists in the latest attack, the Chadian president, Mahamat Idris Deby, has threatened to pull the country’s troops out of the Multi National Joint Task Force (MNJTF).
While on a week-long visit to the country’s troops in the theatre of operation, President Deby decried lack of coordination among MNJTF forces; which according to him paved the way for terrorists to strike occasionally.
He noted that the war was protracting unnecessarily, and therefore threatened to severe the country’s military from the campaign.
MNJTF comprises troops from Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon, the Benin Republic and Chad.
On October 27, jihadist group Boko Haram launched an attack on the Chadian army killing 40 soldiers overnight near the Nigerian border, the government and local sources said.
“A garrison housing more than 200 soldiers was targeted by members of Boko Haram” late on Sunday, a local source informed.
Also, the presidency said in a statement that the attack struck near Ngouboua in the west of the country, “tragically leaving about 40 people dead.”