Boko Haram Attack Cameroon Vice PM's Home, Kidnap His Wife

The wife of Cameroon’s Vice Prime Minister, Amadou Ali, has been kidnapped in an attack by Boko Haram fighters on Ali’s home in the northern town of Kolofata, Reuters report.

According to Cameroon’s information minister Issa Tchiroma, who confirmed the incident, the home of Vice Prime Minister Amadou Ali in Kolofata came under a savage attack from Boko Haram militants, killing at least three people. The wife of Amadou Ali and her maid were kidnapped on Sunday, July 27.

In a separate attack, Boko Haram also invaded a residence of local religious leader and mayor, Seini Boukar Lamine, and kidnapped him.

Boko Haram fighters clashed with the Cameroonian army in cross-border attacks twice since Friday, killing four soldiers.

Cameroon has deployed more than 1,000 soldiers along its border to help combat the Nigerian armed group.

A massive assault last week by Boko Haram in which the group took control of northeast Nigerian town of Damboa displaced more than 15,000 people.

Thousands of people have died since Boko Haram launched an uprising in 2009, and several hundred have been killed in the past two months as the group steps up its campaign against the government.

Source: Legit.ng