?The BBC reports that some 480 Nigerian soldiers have fled into Cameroon following fierce fighting with Boko Haram militants. This has since been confirmed by the Cameroonian Army spokesman Lt Col Didier Badjek who said said the soldiers have been disarmed and were now being accommodated in schools.

The Nigerian Army was planning to court martial them and send them to firing squad over what it deemed as mutiny. The soldiers decided to cross over. They have been disarmed and put in a classroom in the Maoua Area of northern Cameroon. The Cameroon information minister has confirmed it. They are the soldiers who refused to fight last week until they are better equipped. All 480 of them. They were stationed in Borno state. Cameroon’s role appears to be a form of diplomatic support because they could have rejected their appeal to defect. Cameroon closed its borders last week but is now allowing defectors into its territory.