A prominent Catholic Bishop kidnapped in Cameroon has been released by his abductors in the country’s volatile English-speaking Northwest region.
“Bishop George Nkuo of the Catholic Diocese of Kumbo has been released by his captors. He is back in the parish and in good health,” the officials said in a statement.
Armed separatists claimed responsibility for kidnapping the bishop last week, claiming that they “wanted him to pray and bless us.”
The Bishop’s abduction came barely a week after two Catholic priests were kidnapped in the region.
Kidnapping of priests has become widespread in the region since an armed conflict started in 2017.