Cameroon
Bishops have called for the release of the three missionaries who were
kidnapped in the Northern Region of Cameroon by suspected militants of Boko
Haram. The Bishops made the clarion call today, May 10, 2014 during at close of
the 39th plenary assembly of the Episcopal Conference. During the
conference, the Bishops expressed their preoccupation on the growing social insecurity
in the North, adding that it the persistent insecurity surrounding their
activities. They call for all the Christians
to pray for the release of all the hostages in the world, especially the two
Rev. Fathers of Canadian nationality and Canadian Nun abducted in the Northern
Region of Cameroon. The kidnapping at
gunpoint it should be recalled took place on Friday April 4, 2014 night to
Saturday at about 11:45 pm in the Far North Region of Cameroon. Militants of Islamic
sect Boko Haram are suspected to have carried out the abduction, classified
sources say. The two priests Giampaolo Marta and Gianantonio Allergri are from
the Northern part of Italy, precisely Vicence and were doing missionary work in
archdiocese of Tchere (approximately 20 km away from Maroua, Regional capital
of the Far North). Worthy to note that last year, members of the Boko Haram
sect abducted Georges
Vandenbeusch, a French Priest and the Moulin-Fournier’s family who all later
released. Allegations abound
high that Boko Haram considers Cameroon as a source of financing and had
adopted the attitude of kidnapping in order to out source for funding. Yet
Yaounde officials refuted these allegations when the French Priest was released
last year by militants of Boko Haram.
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