27 people, including the wife of Cameroon's Vice PM Amadou
Ali, 10 Chinese nationals and others who were taken hostage by Boko Haram men
between May and July this year have been released.
Their release was made known in a statement released this
morning by Cameroon's Minister of Information, Issa Bakary
"The 27 hostages kidnapped on May 16 2014 at Waza and
on July 27th at Kolofata were given this night to Cameroonian authorities. Ten
Chinese, the wife of the Vice Prime Minister, Amadou Ali, the Lamido of
Kolofata, and members of their families kidnapped with them are safe" the
statement read in part
It didn't state whether their release was made possible
through negotiations or if it was a voluntary act by the sect members
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