A tragic helicopter crash has done untold havoc to some soldiers including the army general waging the war on Boko Haram.
Jacob Kodji was killed in the crash.
Up to about four Cameroonian soldiers, including an army general who was coordinating the fight against the deadly Boko Haram Islamists, have been killed.
According to AFP, sources revealed that the soldiers were killed Sunday in a helicopter crash.
A senior military official who is involved in the fight against Boko Haram while speaking with AFP, on condition of anonymity, said “We lost four men, including the general (Jacob Kodji)” and a colonel.
The men were killed when the Cameroonian military helicopter they were travelling in crashed in Bogo region in the far north, said the official, without giving details of the cause of the accident.
“They were on a mission in Waza Park as part of an operation to battle Boko Haram,” he said.
A local government official confirmed the deaths.
General Jacob Kodji was the leader of Emergence 4, the name given to one of the operations launched by Cameroon against Boko Haram.