All school kidnapping captives freed, says Cameroon leader
YAOUNDE, Cameroon — All students and staff abducted more than a week ago from a school in Cameroon’s restive North West region have been freed, a leader of the Presbyterian church said Tuesday.
Two students, the principal and a staff member of Presbyterian Secondary School in the English-speaking northwestern village of Nkwen were released in different intervals, said Fonki Samuel Forba, moderator of the country’s Presbyterian Church.
The kidnappers had previously released 78 students in Bafut, in northwestern Cameroon.
“They are still very tired and stressed, so we cannot discuss with them now to hear how and who brought them to Bafut,” said Forba. “I can authoritatively tell you that we did not pay any ransom to secure their freedom.” He gave no further details.