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Cameroonian authorities said extremist sect Boko Haram
abducted the wife of the country’s deputy prime minister Sunday.
The wife of Deputy Prime Minister Amadou Ali and her
maid were kidnapped in Cameroun’s northern town of Kolofata, according to the
Information Minister Issa Tchiroma.
The attackers reportedly 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 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 into
Cameroon since Friday.
At
least four soldiers were killed in the previous attacks, reported Reuters.
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