The hunt for Boko Haram 02:34
Yaounde, Cameroon (CNN)Cameroon's
security forces are predicting a drawn-out battle with Boko Haram as
evidence filters out that the insurgents are now recruiting there.
"We
don't doubt that Boko Haram is recruiting in Cameroon," said Col.
Joseph Nouma, commander of Operation ALPHA, a special military operation
set up by Cameroon's government to fight the Nigerian terrorist group.
He says communities bordering Nigeria have been emptied of men between the ages of 10 and 45.
"Many of them are found across the border in Nigeria, training with the terrorists," he told CNN.
This
has made it difficult for the country's defense forces to adequately
estimate the power of the terrorist group. Nouma said the number of
militants may be greater than is widely believed, though there is no
reliable estimate of the group's strength.
"Boko
Haram is a permanent metamorphosis, dying every day but recruiting
every day as well," says Col. Jacob Kodji, interim commander of the 4th
Military Region. "And this complicates a lot of things for us."
Nouma agreed: "We kill them, but they keep on coming."
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