The wife of Cameroon's vice prime minister was kidnapped and at least three people killed in an attack by Boko Haram militants in the northern town of Kolofata on Sunday, Cameroon officials said. A local religious leader, or lamido, named Seini Boukar Lamine, who is also the town's mayor, was kidnapped as well, in a separate attack on his home.
Boko Haram stepped up cross-border attacks into Cameroon in recent weeks as Cameroon deployed troops to the region, joining international efforts to combat the militants. Issa Tchiroma told Reuters by telephone: "I can confirm that the home of Vice Prime Minister Amadou Ali in Kolofata came under a savage attack from Boko Haram militants. They unfortunately took away his wife. They also attacked the lamido's residence and he was also kidnapped." A Cameroon military commander in the region told Reuters that the vice prime minister, who was at home to celebrate the Muslim feast of Ramadan with his family, was taken to a neighbouring town by security officials.
"The situation is very critical here now, and as I am talking to you the Boko Haram elements are still in Kolofata town in a clash with our soldiers," said Colonel Felix Nji Formekong, the second commander of Cameroon's third inter-army military region, based in the regional headquarters Maroua. The Sunday attack is the third Boko Haram attack into Cameroon since Friday. At least four soldiers were killed in the previous attacks. Meanwhile, some 22 suspected Boko Haram militants, who have been held in Maroua since March, were on Friday sentenced to prison sentences ranging from 10 to 20 years. It was unclear whether the events are related.
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Posted: at 27-07-2014 03:03 PM (9 years ago) | Addicted Hero
Oh dear. Lets see if the Camerounian government will take the SAME lame attitude the Nigerian government is taking in getting the kidnapped school girls back!
Posted: at 27-07-2014 03:33 PM (9 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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i just dey vex say dem go pay their broke ass sum money to free these pple..Sure their sponsors r gettin tired coz they r jst wasting lives and not acheiving anything
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The made in Nigeria northern states terror network is wrecking severe havoc on Cameroon ! And maybe just maybe I personally won't sympathize for Cameroonian on this,it's a pay back for dubious cessation of Nigeria territorial sovereignty to its geographical expansion with conspiracy of international court injustice verdict!! And now Boko should negotiate the captives ransom as a vital demand for negotiation;The unresolved border and territorial dispute can now make a fresh headline around the world and BH sins may be forgiven by Nigerians "Bakassi will forever be part of Nigeria " .
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