Cameroon has expelled more than 3,000 Nigerians as part of the fight against Boko Haram, officials said on Tuesday. Cameroon's government spokesman Issa Tchiroma Bakary said suspected Boko Haram fighters disguised as refugees with explosives hidden in their luggage were arrested at a camp in northern Cameroon Monday. They deported Nigerians who said they were refugees but were not staying at camps and lacked identification papers.
"In the different villages there is a certain population of foreigners and they are hiding behind some Cameroonians and hiding those Boko Haram suspects,"
Midjiyawa Bakary said.Women, children and men were taken across the border to the Nigerian town of Mubi, he said.
In Nigeria, many of those expelled said they were forced out quickly.