Six truck drivers , who were captured by Boko Haram in June last year have been freed. A joint operation by the Cameroon and Nigerian army rescued the men, earlier this month.
Six Boko Haram hostages freed
The hostages who were kidnapped near the town of Dabanga in the far north , along the Nigerian border have been in captivity for seven months.
They took advantage of the confusion caused by the bombing of camerouno-Nigerian forces in the city of Gabaru to Nigeria to take off.
“Following a joint operation by the Nigerian and Cameroonian armed, there was total chaos. So we fled and was later rescued by Cameroonian soldiers.” Mathurin Wokam, a rescued hostage said
“We were forced to convert to Islam, we have suffered unspeakable violence.“he added.