COLONEL Didier Badjeck, Cameroon Ministry of Defence spokesman,
said on Monday, in Yaoundé, that the army had freed 30 of the 80
hostages kidnapped during a cross-border attack by suspected Boko Haram
Islamist fighters based in neighbouring Nigeria.
The Nigerian Tribune noted that Badjeck said:“The Cameroon army is able to free about 30 hostages taken on Sunday by Boko Haram in the far North. They were freed as defence forces pursued the attackers who were heading back to Nigeria."
Badjeck said the kidnapping, which occurred in the north of Cameroon on Sunday, around the village of Mabass, was one of the largest abductions on Cameroon soil.
Tribune also said that he said Boko Haram had killed thousands of people and kidnapped hundreds in its bid to carve out an Islamic state in northern Nigeria.
The spokesman said, in recent months, it had targeted Cameroon and Niger as it sought to expand its zone of operations.
Badjeck said, at the weekend, neighbouring Chad had deployed troops to help Cameroon in its efforts to tackle the insurgency in the area.
The Nigerian Tribune noted that Badjeck said:“The Cameroon army is able to free about 30 hostages taken on Sunday by Boko Haram in the far North. They were freed as defence forces pursued the attackers who were heading back to Nigeria."
Badjeck said the kidnapping, which occurred in the north of Cameroon on Sunday, around the village of Mabass, was one of the largest abductions on Cameroon soil.
Tribune also said that he said Boko Haram had killed thousands of people and kidnapped hundreds in its bid to carve out an Islamic state in northern Nigeria.
The spokesman said, in recent months, it had targeted Cameroon and Niger as it sought to expand its zone of operations.
Badjeck said, at the weekend, neighbouring Chad had deployed troops to help Cameroon in its efforts to tackle the insurgency in the area.
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