Cameroon has refuted allegations that some of the more than 200 missing Nigerian schoolgirls have been sold for marriage within its borders. Boko Haram’s leader had vowed to sell the girls in the marketplace. -
Muslims in Cameroon have been calling on fellow believers not to marry any of these girls should they be offered to them.
Muslim leader, Nchotu Soule, said anyone seen acting suspiciously with a girl should be reported to the authorities.
He said: “The prophet Mohammed insists that Islam is a religion of peace. Any true faithful of Islam will want to reject anything that comes from the Boko Haram.
“They are using our Muslim brothers here to be able to carry out their activities.”
‘False allegations’
Cameroon’s Minister of Communication, Issa Tchiroma Bakari, said he was shocked by accusations that Cameroon was not collaborating with Nigeria to free the girls from their captors.
Bakari said: “We insist that allegations from Nigeria that a part of the 200 young female students recently kidnapped in the North-East of Nigeria would have been transferred to Cameroon to be forced into marriage to members of the Boko Haram sect are fully unfounded.
“Cameroon will never ever serve as a support base for destabilisation activities towards other countries.”
culled from Vanguard
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