Tuesday, 13 December 2016

To elude protesters:

PM’s convoy enters B’da through Kumba-Mamfe road
By Johnson Batuo in Kumba
While some residents of the Northwest region mostly youths were busy felling down tress along the Bafousam Santa road to block the Prime Minister’s convoy from reaching Bamenda, the Prime Minister and his huge delegation Wednesday 7 December 2016 instead used the Kumba – Mamfe road to get to Bamenda.
                The Prime Minister and his delegation were heading for Bamenda in the Northwest region after participating at a low-keyed unity event in Buea, on Tuesday 6 December.  The meeting was aimed to drum-up support for President Paul Biya in the face of the ongoing Anglophone protests.
                The PM’s convoy was devoid of the usual uniformed security men and the siren that usually announces the passing and/or entry of a “big man”. The only thing that attracted the attention of the population was the fleet of posh cars.

                 Whatever motivated the Prime Minister and his entourage to take the Kumba – Mamfe road to Bamenda was not immediately known. While some sources speculated he wanted to use the opportunity to evaluate the progress of ongoing works on that stretch, others said he could have been alerted by security reports of a looming danger awaiting him along the Bafoussam-Bamenda road.
                An eye witness in EyangAtemako village along the road under construction told this reporter that some of the posh cars barely struggled their way through the patches of bad spots.
                We further gathered that the Northwesterners like their English speaking brothers in the Southwest region were angry given that instead of addressing the Anglophone problem, the CPDM went ahead to dismiss the existence of the problem by organizing a unity meeting.
                To woo the unsuspecting and poverty-stricken populations to attend the Buea event, CDC plantations workers were offered free transportation, CPDM T-Shirts, one thousand frs each and a bottle of beer. They were further threatened with dismissal if ever they failed to turn up in Buea.


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