Lebialem: Military Frees 11 Hostages

Cameroon’s defence and security forces have once more freed another set of people held hostage by the armed separatist group in Lebialem Division of the South West Region.

Information reaching Cameroon Tribune from the face book page of the Cameroonian army indicates that 11 hostages were freed on Friday, October 16, 2020 in a military operation  coming just a few days after another group of about 10 hostages still held by the same armed separatist group  were freed in a military operation on October 13, 2020 in Besali Wabane Subdivision of the Lebialem Division.

The 11 people liberated on October 16 by elements of the Rapid Intervention Battalion (BIR) Unit whose were mostly vulnerable elderly person and women also included a  Catholic priest. Reports say they were held captive in a terrorist camp belonging to Agbor Oscar Nkeng, an armed separatist leader. This leader is said to have been targeted by the military during the operation of October 13 in which the armed separatist leader, Ayeke <...