A local religious leader, named Seini Lamine,
was also abducted from the same town in a
separate incident.
Security Forces in Cameroun Republic have
rescued the wife of the country’s Deputy Prime
Minister, Amadou Ali, who was abducted on
Sunday by suspected members of the extremist
Boko Haram sect, the BBC Hausa service has
reported.
News agency Reuters had reported the
Information Minister, Issa Tchiroma, saying
that the wife of Deputy Prime Minister and her
maid were kidnapped in Cameroun’s northern
town of Kolofata.
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.
Cameroun 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.
At least four soldiers were killed in the
previous attacks, Reuters reported.
The report by the BBC on Monday did not
provide more details, but it quoted the
spokesperson of the government of Cameroun,
Tchiroma Bakary, as saying the government is
still investigating to know the exact number of
persons that died during the attack.
The BBC, however,said reports indicate that 16
persons were killed.