Muyuka:

Principal Sacked Over False ‘Odeshi’ Alarm

By Boris Esono in Buea

Panic Sent Children out of school premises in South West

The minister of Secondary education, Jean Ernest Ngalle has dismissed the principal and discipline master of Government Bilingual High School Malende in the Muyuka subdivision. The dismissal comes barely a week after the SWR was hit by panic due to a false alarm of an alleged attack by Ambazonia forces.

                Francis Manchang Oben and Davidson AshuTanyi according to reports from CRTV, were relieved of their duties.

                They were replaced by Florence Nkwenta and Akem Etienne Aji as principal and Discipline master respectively.

                After some enquiry made, Minister Jean Ernest confirmed the involvement of the dismissed school administrators during the recent school disruption of classes in the South West Region.

                Last Monday January 15, panic engulfed the region as rumor of an attack went wild. Students ran to their various homes and parents went wild as they rushed to various educational establishments to collect their various children. By mid-day, various schools in the region were disserted as they air was airy silence.

                In a press briefing, Governor Bernard Okalia Bilai reassured the population that there was no call for alarm as the information was just a rumor meant to destabilize the region. He said “children should continue to go to schools as security measures have been taken and reinforced to protect the population and all the different activities going on”.

                He further called on the media to continue the sensitization. People want to continue to spread panic in the region so that all the activities not only educational but also the business activities should be stopped.  We want the new year-2018 to be a year of peace and calm as we have important activities and challenges to go on”.

                “What occurred is just a rumor but we should remain vigilant because there are some people have very bad intentions. The parents should continue to protect their children but allow them to go to schools. The children have already suffered and it should not happen again”. Governor added

                Students have so far been cautioned to remain in schools and concentrate of their studies.