Gen. Valère Nka to replace Gen. Jacob Kodj(+) at the head of te 4th Military Region (Rmia4)

Cameroonian Brigadier General Valère Nka was temporarily appointed at the head of the 4^th Inter-army Military Region (Rmia4) in the Extreme-North, a branch of the Cameroonian army leading the ground operations in the fight against the Nigerian Islamist sect Boko Haram.

General Nka takes over from General Jacob Kodji, who died a few days ago in a helicopter crash, with three other army officers, as he was coming back from a zone operation. The new Rmia 4 Commander is well acquainted with the war against Boko Haram.

Indeed, this senior officer in the Cameroonian army, who was Defence Attaché at the Cameroonian embassy in Nigeria, is also the second in command for the multinational mix Force, set up by the countries in the Lake Chad basin to put an end to the Nigerian Islamist sect Boko Haram.

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