Schools resumption provokes violence in Ndop

-One killed, many arrested

By a correspondent in Ndop

Campus of GBHS Ndop

The town of Ndop in Ngoketunjia Division of the NW region was in disarray Thursday morning following the arrest of some youths in the town, on Wednesday night.

                The arrests followed the burning of the Francophone section of GBHS Ndop where some Francophone students in defiance of the sit-in strike by their Anglophone peers and teachers, were going on with classes.

                A source in Ndop hinted that Francophone students had been going to school in casual wears, while carrying their school uniforms in their school bags. They wear the uniforms once they are on campus.

                According to our source, the population got very upset, though he said it was still unclear whether the burning of the school was in relation to this.

                “We heard gunshots in Ndop at about 10:30 pm and it seems a few youths who were either passing around GBHS Ndop were arrested….In the morning today, the population went on the rampage at the Ndop police Station, demanding the immediate and unconditional release of their brothers who were detained,” said the source.

                It emerged that one of the youths arrested later died in hospital.

                Meanwhile, reports also said a school at Nitop in Bamenda, was razed on Sunday evening as jubilations over the victory of the Lions reached fever pitch. A bus owned by GBHS Atiela was also allegedly torched Monday morning as it prepared to ferry students to school.