Circumstances surrounding the death of Captain Robert Djinebo

The Limani sector commander of Alpha Bir operation was killed Saturday afternoon. The newspaper Le Jour on newsstands Monday, October 19 talks about the circumstances of his death.

In its issue No. 2041, the tabloid says Captain Robert Djinebo led an escort of military engineering team at the time and in a clash with members of the Islamist sect Boko Haram, he died.

The newspaper said Limani troop was to escort a team of military engineers. The mission was perilous. The engineering specialists had fallen into traps on renowned slopes frequented by Boko Haram. Captain Robert Djinebo and his men, were responsible for escorting VIPs.

The genius of the men took them through the first trap and continued their perilous task a little further. So while the team was heading to the second point that the first incident occurred. Isolated fighters took on the soldiers and attacked them vigorously, according to our sources. The soldiers continued their journey to complete their mission. But Saturday was an unlucky day for Cameroonian army.

Shortly after their task at the Wambaché village school, the troop fell into a quagmire. The captain and all the men had to move the attacked vehicles. They descended to push the heavy equipment, including tanks. It was while they were pushing the vehicles that the terrorists returned to attack again.

It was nearly 17h 45 when they went for reinforcements and they immediately opened fire, fatally wounding Robert Djinebo. Despite the magnitude of their shots, the Cameroonian military eventually overpowered the terrorists.

According to sources of the newspaper, 10 Islamist sect fighters' bodies were found on the field, but the search organized on Sunday morning had not yet yielded results.

The officer Robert Djinebo had a reputation of a fighter among his comrades in the Bir where he built his career. He partook in the fight against maritime piracy in Bakassi. He was 34 years old. He was the winner of the promotion of peace and modernity Emia class 2004. He was married with two children.