ATLAST: french priest kidnapped by boko haram released today!

A 42-year-old Georges Vandenbeusch (in the photo) was kidnapped by
gunmen in northern Cameroon, close to the border with Nigeria.
Boko Haram Islamist group later said it was behind the kidnap.
President Hollande thanked the authorities in Cameroon and Nigeria for
their help in getting the priest released. His message also expressed special thanks to Cameroon's President Paul
Biya.
A French diplomat quoted by the AFP news agency said the priest was
released in the early hours of December 31, 2013, Tuesday in northern
Cameroon.
'He is now on a plane with the Cameroonian army and will be handed
over to the French ambassador in Cameroon,' the source said.
There was no further explanation about his release.
It would be recalled that earlier this year, seven members of a French
family called Moulin-Fournier, four of them children, were kidnapped
by Boko Haram in northern Cameroon and held hostage for two months.
Boko Haram was allegedly paid more than $3m (N520,000,000) before
releasing the family, according to a confidential Nigerian government
report which has been seen by Reuters news agency. There was no
official confirmation of that ransom.
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