Mofako, Mbonge subdivision:

Youths Beat Up Chief Suspected of Spying for Gov’t

By Doh Bertrand Nua in Kumba

The traditional ruler of Mofako Bekondo, a village in Mbonge Sub-Division of Meme Division has been manhandled by some unidentified youths alleged to be the elements of the Ambazonia Defence Force. Reports said Chief Ekumbe Thompson was in the early hours of Tuesday 23 January 2018 smuggled out of his palace and taken to a nearby bush where he was given the beating of his life. The youths flogged the soles of his feet until he could no longer stand on his legs.

                According to reports, the Chief was suspected of spying on the villagers and reporting to the authorities. Other sources said he was suspected because he refused to fund the activities of the Ambazonia soldiers. 

                Chief Ekumbe Thompson was one of the few Chiefs who stayed in his village after the gruesome killing of the Chief of Ngongo village by unknown persons recently. Several other chiefs of villages in Mbonge sub-division had all escaped into hiding.

                Chiefs Mokambe Daniel Matta of Mbonge Marumba, Ndedi Penda of Pete Bakundu, Dosa Eric Sakwe of Kombone Town, Moka Hans of Kombone Mission, Maurice Njengia of Bole Bakundu and several others have all fled their villages.

                The Chiefs are accused by their subjects of collaborating with the government to identify Ambazonia supporters in their villages. Some of the Chiefs were taxed to pay the sum of FCFA one million each as their contribution to the struggle, we learned. 

                The chiefs now find themselves in a dilemma because if they succumb to pressure from the Ambazonia Tigers they will face the wrath of the government, and when they play their role as auxiliaries of government they become the target of the Ambazonia Tigers.