Security forces in Cameroon’s North West region have arrested at least three persons in connection to the abduction of former Secretary of State in Charge of Penitentiary Administration, Dr. Emmanuel Ngafeeson Bantar. Emmanuel Ngafesson was kidnapped on Tuesday evening at his Ntabessi residence in Bamenda by unidentified armed men and taken away alongside his vehicle. The suspects are currently being questioned by security forces in Bamenda as investigations to liberate the kidnap former minister continues. Kidnappings and ransom collection have become a new-normal in the English-speaking regions of Cameroon and have often time been linked to the separatist fighters. The separatists have since the escalation of the armed conflict in Anglophone Cameroon targeted government functionaries and other individuals loyal to the Biya regime.

Source: The North Africa Journal March 22, 2019 19:18 UTC