Cameroon mourn young military officer killed by Boko Haram

10:11 - 17 February 2016

The late Lt. Col. Beltus Kwene was much loved

A young Cameroonian soldier has been killed by the dreaded Boko Haram sect and his friends have taken to twitter to mourn him.

The whole of Cameroon has been thrown into mourning as the deadly

According to respected Cameroonian journalist, Chief Bisong Etahoben who posted the sad news on his Twitter account, the vehicle that Lt.-Col. Kwene and the other soldiers rode in struck a land mine planted by the insurgents along Goshi-Kerawa road, in the Tumbum-Kare area of the country.

Etahobon noted that the late Kwene was a 39-year-old father of six children who was very passionate about his career and has always vowed to defend his country with th last drop of his blood.