What we know about release of Idabato D.O, Ewane Roland

It is the end of calvary for the sub-prefect of the district of Idabato, in south-western Cameroon. Roland Ewane had been abducted by armed men on 1 October 2024 and led to an unknown destination in this English-speaking region of Cameroon travelled by various armed groups and English-speaking independence movements. He reappeared free this Monday, 17 March, at the beginning of the evening and was escorted the following day to Buea, the regional…

What we know about release of Idabato D.O, Ewane Roland

Following a statement from the Minister of Territorial Administration(MINAT), Paul Atanga Nji on March 18 in Yaounde after receiving the Divisional Officer of Idabato who had been kidnapped for over five months, we can confirm he was released. In the interview in which the MINAT boss was flanged by South West Governor, Bernard Okalia Bilai and the freed DO, Ewane Roland, it was stated that the civil administrator had regained his freedom March 1…

Following the hearing granted to Félix Roland Ewane, Sub-prefect of Idabato released by his captors yesterday after several months of captivity, MINAT Paul Atanga Nji presented him to the press this Tuesday, March 18, 2025. He was accompanied for this first official release of his wife, Gilbert Guibai Baldena, Prefect of the Ndian and Bernard Okalia Bilai, Governor of the South-West. During the press briefing, MINAT wished to remind that as soon…

The administrative authority recovers his freedom more than five months after his abduction in Idabato. The sub-prefect of Idabato in the department of Ndian South-West Region, Roland Ewane, abducted on 1 October 2024 and free and in the hands of the Cameroonian army. His release was reported on 17 March 2025 early in the evening. The first reports indicate that after his release, he is secured by the elements of the Rapid Intervention Battalion…