The wife of Cameroon's Vice Prime minister,Amadou Ali who was kidnapped alongside her domestic staff and one other person in Cameroon’s northern town of Kolofata by the Boko Haramsect on sunday 27th july (if you missed the story,Gohere) has been rescued by cameroon security forces.
The attackers stormed their residence and took the woman away.
A military commander in the area said Boko Haram militants engaged Cameroonian soldiers in the town for some time.The deputy Prime Minister, Mr. Ali, managed to escape the assailants to a neighbouring town, commander Feliz Formekong was quoted by Reuters news agency as saying.
A local religious leader, named Seini Lamine, was also abducted from the same town in a separate incident.
Mr. Lamine, who is called the Lamido, is the mayor of the town.
Cameroon had said it strengthened security at its border in April after Boko Haram abducted nearly 300 school girls in Chibok, Borno State.More than 200 of the abducted girls remain in captivity. The attack is the third Boko Haram attack in Cameroon since Friday.
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