Sunday, July 27, 2014

Boko Haram Kidnaps Cameroon's Vice Prime Minister's Wife In Kolofata

Cameroon's information minister and government spokesman revealed that the Bokoharam sect swarmed has swarmed the home Cameroon's Vice Prime Minister, Amadou Ali in the northern town of Kolofata today July 27th, 2014 and kidnapped his wife during an attack on Kolofata. 

Mrs Ali was kidnapped alongside her domestic staff and one other person. The insurgents also killed 3 people in the attack.

Colonel Felix Nji Formekong, who is the second commander of Cameroon's third inter-army military region (RMIA3) based in the regional headquarters of Maroua, said the sect members are believed to still be in the town fiercely engaging military officers. He said:

"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. Some of them have already taken away the wife of Vice Prime Minister Ahmadou Ali and her house help while the bodyguards of the Vice Prime Minister have succeeded in taking him out of the town to Mora," Formekong said, adding that there could be more casualties"

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