Residing Nigerian about five of them in the Idabato II community of Cameroon, formerly known as the Bakassi Peninsula, have been arrested and detained by the Cameroonian authorities.
They were detained due to the kidnap of the community’s
Divisional Officer, Ewane Roland, by armed men.
The incident happened in early October, former chairman of
the Yoruba community in the defunct Bakassi Peninsula, Eniola Alabo, revealed.
Local media had reported that Roland, alongside another
official of the council, Etongo Ismaeil, was whisked away on October 1, 2024,
by gunmen who used a flying boat in the coastal area.
According to Alabo, the Cameroonian government blamed
Nigerians in the area for Roland’s abduction and deployed soldiers to arrest
them.
“The Gendarmerie came to the community and started shooting
sporadically into the air on the day they arrested some of these Nigerians,”
Alabo said.
The man explained that his compatriots in the troubled
community called and explained that the incident had plunged them into panic
and anxiety in the border town.
During the raid, some Nigerians, including Iseoluwa Eniola,
Feran Ajimosun, Idowu Ajimosun, Abiola Ajimosun, Blessing Ajimosun, Sunny
Bassey, Feran Samagbeyi, and Godwin were detained in Idabato II.
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