Kidnapped Official In Anglophone Cameroon Region Freed
Umer Jamshaid Published March 20, 2018 | 12:02 PM
A top civil servant abducted in a southwestern English-speaking region of Cameroon over the weekend has been freed, a local official said Monday.
Yaound�, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 20th Mar, 2018 ) :A top civil servant abducted in a southwestern English-speaking region of Cameroon over the weekend has been freed, a local official said Monday.
Ivo Leke Tambo, recently appointed chairman of Cameroon's anglophone educational board, was abducted by suspected separatist rebels outside the town of Lewo on Saturday.
"Professor Leke Tambo has been freed after being taken by kidnappers while he was carrying out his socio-political responsibilities," Bernard Okalia Bilai, governor of the northwestern anglophone region said on state radio.
He thanked local tribal chiefs and officials for getting Leke Tambo free but did not provide details on the circumstances surrounding his liberation. "I want to take this opportunity to call on all actors in the region for calm," Bilai said.
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