The abducted wife of Cameroon’s Vice Prime Minister, Amadou Ali, has been rescued from her Boko Haram kidnappers.
The lady was kidnapped on Sunday alongside a traditional ruler of Kolofata town in Cameroon.
The rescue operation was carried out by soldiers from Cameroon in an operation that was reported to have lasted several hours.
According to Hausa Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation, 16 people died during the rescue operation.
Cameroon’s Minister of Information, Issa Tchiroma Bakary, confirmed the freedom of the vice prime minister’s wife.
Bakary said government was still investigating the number of casualties.
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