Bouba Dobekreo

Bouba Dobekreo is a Cameroonian general known for commanding Cameroonian forces in the Boko Haram insurgency and the Anglophone Crisis.

Biography Dobekreo was born on 14 February 1958 in Menoua, West Region, French Cameroon. He was admitted to the University of Yaoundé to study law and economics. His first military command was as section chief of the 222nd Combat Company based in Bafoussam. In the MNJTF, Dobekreo was known as an extremely successful commander. That October, Dobekreo lauded Nigerien forces within the MNJTF for their success against Boko Haram. In August 2022, Dobekreo received medals from MNJTF officials for participating and commanding Operation Integrite du Lac against Boko Haram in Lake Chad. Cameroonian president Paul Biya and Minister of Defense Joseph Beti Assomo believed that Dobekreo's appointment to the area would help combat the Red Dragons. Ambazonian separatists claimed to have killed Dobekreo in February 2019 in Lebialem, but this turned out to be disproven. Dobekreo had also conducted anti-poaching operations in Ndjidda, northern Cameroon, along with operations against Central African rebel groups. He appeared at the National Day celebration on 20 May 2023, in Yaounde.