A top general in charge of
Cameroon’s fight against Islamist militant group Boko Haram died in an
accidental helicopter crash on a patrol mission, the government said on Monday.
The crash
happened on Sunday evening in the Bogo district of the Far North region, where
Cameroonian troops and a regional task force have been fighting the Islamist
group for two years.
General Jacob Kodji was commander of the 4th joint military
region and head of a counter-Boko Haram unit called Operation Emergence 4.
Three other officers also died in the crash, the cause of which was unknown,
the government said in a statement, reported by Reuters.
Boko Haram is based in northern Nigeria and launches
frequent cross-border raids in a bid to carve out an Islamic caliphate. Its
eight-year insurgency has killed more than 15,000 and displaced two million
people in the Lake Chad region.
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