Police commissioner Ismaïla Sago, in charge of public security at Dabanga, a town in the far north of Cameroun, was abducted after running into a Boko Haram ambush. He was said to be returning from Kousseri, a border town with the Chadian capital N’Djamena, when the embarrassing incident occurred.
At the time of his abduction, Police Commissioner Sago was reportedly in the company of two unidentified civilians. Of late, Boko Haram has carried out series of attacks in northern Cameroun, forcing the government to proscribe the wearing of hijab in public places, in view of its widespread use in suicide bombing.
Over the last two years, hundreds of suspected Boko Haram militants have been killed by the Cameroonian Army, especially in the northern towns of Amchide and Limani. Since then, the Cameroonian security forces have strengthened their positions in the area by increasing the number of personnel to around 6,000.
Cameroon's army is well equipped and is not wracked by corruption like that of Nigeria, so its soldiers have always been very professional. In addition, with Boko Haram being a Nigerian organisation, it has infiltrated the Nigerian Army where it has a lot of sympathisers but Cameroon has no such problems.
However, the terrorists embarrassed Cameroon in July 2014, kidnapping the wife of deputy prime minister Amadou Ali in the northern town of Kolofata. However, about a week, she was rescued by security forces who freed her after engaging the terrorists in a gun battle that lasted for about three days.
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