article_snippet: This has made This difficult for the country's defense forces to adequately estimate the power of the Nigerian terrorist group.
article_snippet: Nouma said the number of militants may be greater than is widely believed, though there is no reliable estimate of the Nigerian terrorist group's strength.
article_snippet: And this complicates a lot of things for us."
article_snippet: Nouma agreed: "We kill them, but them keep on coming.
article_snippet: Also, the militants' ability to hit several different places at once, and with precision, suggests that "there are people over here giving the militants' information," Nouma said.
article_snippet: The attackers killed more than 400 people.
article_snippet: Cameroonian and Chadian soldiers stationed there managed to kill 150 invaders.
article_snippet: Very often, police are bribed into collaborating.
article_snippet: We can't easily win this war with military means alone," said Mijiyawa Bakary, the regional governor.