New Army
Chiefs Tasked To “Preserve Territorial Integrity”
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Cameroon’s
Minister of Defence, Joseph Beti Assomo has prescribed assiduity, availability,
professional consciousness and respect of hierarchy to the newly appointed
military officers in the North West. They have also been challenged to show
prove of the mark of confidence bestowed on them by the Head of State,
President Paul Biya.
Installing General Robinson Agha
Ndong, as the head of the newly created 5th Military Region of the Northwest
and West Regions on Tuesday, March 6, at the Bamenda Commercial Avenue
Grandstand, the Defence boss urged him to protect and preserve the territorial
integrity of Cameroon.
He also instructed Gen. Agha to wage
a military onslaught against secessionists, whom, he said, are threatening the
peace and territorial supremacy of Cameroon.
“Formerly,
you controlled only the Northwest Region, but today, you have the West Region
added to your area of intervention. So, your military terrain is vast, prove to
us that you can do it,” the Defence Minister challenged.
The challenge was also directed to
General Jules Ceaser Alubasa (Head of the National Gendarmerie), Colonel Michel
Mpans Ndjem (Head of the 51st Combined Motorised Military Infantry), Colonel
Kenneth Akwe Nzumi (Head of the Air Force Base), Colonel Charles Njume (Head of
the Engineering Sector) and Edgar David Petatoa Poufong (Head of the Army
Rescue).
Earlier in his welcome address, the
Government Delegate to the Bamenda City Council, Vincent Nji Ndumu, appealed to
Minister Beti Assomo, to ensure that officer who are sent to the North West
Region are able to express themselves in English or Pidgin.
The 5th military region in the
country with head quarters in Bamenda was created by a presidential decree
signed on February 21, 2018. The 5th
Joint Military Region that controls the Northwest and West Regions was carved
out of the 2nd Joint Military Region that was headquartered in Douala, Littoral
Region.
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