• Kills 3, kidnaps vice PM’s wife, Mayor
Boko Haram militants yesterday attacked Kolofate, a northern town
Cameroon and kidnapped the wife of the deputy Prime Minister, Amadou
Ali and her house maid.
The militants also kidnapped a local religious leader (Lamido),
Seini Boukar Lamine in a separate attack on his home. Lamine is also the
mayor of the town.
Boko Haram has stepped up cross-border attacks into Cameroon in
recent weeks, as the army was deployed to the region. The home of Deputy
Prime Minister Amadou Ali “came under a savage attack from Boko Haram
militants,” Information Minister Issa Tchiroma told Reuters yesterday.
They also attacked the lamido’s residence and he was also kidnapped,” he
said, and at least three people were killed in the attack.
But the deputy Prime Minister, who was at home to break his fast for
the Islamic holy month of Ramadan at the time of the attack, managed
to escape to a neighbouring town, regional commander Col Feliz Nji
Formekong, the second commander of Cameroon’s third inter-army military
region, based in the regional headquarters Maroua, told the news
agency.
Yesterday attack was 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. On Wednesday, Cameroon, Nigeria, Chad and Niger agreed to
form a 2,800-strong regional force to tackle Boko Haram militants.
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