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Gendarmes harass prying journalist in Kumba

By Doh Bertrand Nua in Kumba

Unregistered candidates were barred from writing GCE

A Kumba-based Cameraman of Spectrum Television, STV, Likoli Marcel Itoe on Monday June 12 was severely beaten by security officers for attempting to get footages of the kickoff of the written part of the General Certificate of Education, GCE Ordinary and Advanced levels at the Campus of the Cameroon College of Arts and Sciences, CCAS Kumba.

                Reports have it that Itoe arrived CCAS Kumba early on Monday June 12 and started filming scenes of what was transpiring on the campus before he was been interrupted by security officials of the National Gendammerie who were dispatched to ensure the security of the students while writing the exams. 

                Itoe revealed that when he was asked while he was filming what was happening on campus, he explained that since the GCE is a public exam he thought it wise to cover it and report on the situation for their newscast on STV that day. Asked by the security officials if he was authorized to cover the event, Itoe who didn't have any authorization to cover the event pleaded for the security officers to let him see the principal of CCAS Kumba,  FONGE Julius for an authorisation.

                The Median Newspaper gathered from Likoli Marcel Itoe that the reaction from the boss of CCAS Kumba was more than frustrated and made things worst for him who later became helpless.

                Itoe told this reporter that the Principal turned down his request for permission to get footages ffrom his school on the pretext that he the principal had received instructions from hierarchy that forbids any media coverage of this year's coverage of the GCE except for authorized media outfits.

                Fonge Julius as revealed by STV cameraman is quoted to have said "when things are good you people don't came to cover them for the world to know, but when things are bad that's when you rush to came and cover" Fonge said while adding that "you people came and film something else and go and write something else". Reports have it that the STV cameraman was quarelled by the principal at the top of his voice for long. 

                Itoe Marcel revealed that he was only let to leave the school campus after he was held spell bound to delete to delete all the footages he had in his camera by the security elements.   All he'll further let loose on Itoe few minutes after the embarrassment from CCAS when his plea for permission from the Divisional Delegate of Secondary Education, AkwoEyoh was rejected. He told this reporter that he met the secondary education at the office of the Meme chief executive when they were about to embark on a tour to the various centres that morning and he was rejected by everyone under the pretext that only hierarchy could decide on media coverage of the kickoff of the GCE in Kumba.