Village chief abducted by Boko Haram in the Far North

Aboukar Iba, the chief of Zigue village located in the Far North of Cameroon, border with Nigeria, was abducted in the early morning of Sunday by eight suspected elements of the Islamist sect Boko Haram.

According to secured sources who spoke to APA, the attackers from Gazavoul, on the Nigerian side, arrived at the scene on motorcycles and expertly carried out their mission, the sources said.

No shots were fired and none of the victims of the raid could give the exact time of the assault.

Aboukar Iba, according to information, would be considered by Boko Haram as one of the informants of the defense forces to eradicate the presence of the sect on Cameroonian territory.

Considered a little stalled by the military efforts of Cameroon, Niger, Nigeria and Chad, Boko Haram, for ten days, resumed small scale incursions of Cameroonian localities in the Far North region.