Monday, 4 December 2017

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Manyu SDO dances Bafia dance with obnoxious order
The SDO of Manyu, Oum II Joseph, on Friday 1 December 2017 issued a release urging residents of some 16 villages in Manyu Division to relocate to safer places with immediate effect or they will be treated as accomplices of Ambazonia terrorists responsible for the killing of defence forces in Manyu. But the SDO later withdrew the order after it sparked outrage in the division and beyond
By Ekumtambe Eku in Mamfe
The SDO for Manyu, Oum II Joseph has officially withdrawn the Order he passed on December I asking residents of some villages in Manyu to evacuate their homes and relocate to “any safe destination of their choice”. The SDO made the announcement withdrawing his obnoxious decision , on Radio Evangelium, the radio of the Diocese of Mamfe. Speaking on the Radio, Oum II said Manyu residents are free to stay in their homes and continue with their activities normally. He reassured the populations of Manyu that they should remain calm because the government has taken all measures to protect them against the terrorists who are orchestrating atrcious acts in the Division. It was not immediately known why the SDO cancelled his order prescribing mandatory evacuation of villagers. But a source at the Presidency of the Republic said instructions came from the Presidency for the SDO to withraw the order. The source said though the President had instructed that appropriate measures be taken to stop further killing of security operatives in Manyu, he did not instruct the SDO to ask people to evacuate their homes and villages.
                It should be noted that the SDO of Manyu on Friday 1st December 2017 issued a release ordering mandatory evacuation of residents from 16 villages in three subdivisions in Manyu- Akwaya, Eyumojock and Mamfe central subdivisions respectively. The villages included Dadi, Kesham, Badjie, Abonado, Beteme, Ebinsi and Bakem in Akwaya subdivision; Otu, Nsanaragati, Nsanakang, Agborkem German, Nduap and Esuaghem in Eyumojock subdivision and Egbekaw in Mamfe Central subdivision.
                The SDO warned that any person(s) that failed to comply with the order would be treated as accomplices and perpetrators of terrorist activities in Manyu.
                The administrative order also banned all activities along the Manyu River. It also prohibited night riding by bikers in Manyu.
                The SDO’s order did not however state how the populations concerned would be be evacuated, where they should go to, who will pay for the evacuations and for how long they will be away from their homes.
                News of the SDO’s order sparked spontaneous and total outrage and condemnaion in Manyu and worldwide as soon as it went viral on social media.
                The traditional ruler of Eyumojock, Ntufam Ayamba Jacques Ita, for example said the forceful evacuation of villagers is not a good sign for the people of Manyu.
                “This is not a good sign for us. I am not in a position to challenge the SDO’s decision, but I think it is void of some basic clarifications…The government has to assign a safe place for these people…Amenities have to be put in place to ease their relocation...the government has the burden of displacing villages and not vice versa because these villagers are victims of the terrorist aggressions and should be treated kindly,” reacted Chief Ayamba.
                In another reaction, Canada-based Dr. Arrey Joachim wondered aloud: “Where does the SDO expect all these people to go to? He wants them to run to Nigeria like the others who are now languishing in refugee camps?”

                Yet another commentator, Stephen Agbor, concluded that “the drums of genocide are beating in Manyu”.
                Oum II Joseph’s Prefectoral Order came barely hours after President Paul Biya sent a strong signal to ‘separatist terrorists’, whom the President said were responsible for the killings in the NW and SW regions.
                President Biya sent the grim warning in a declaration to the press upon arriving at the Nsimalen Airport on Thursday night, from Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire where he was attending the 5th AU-EU Summit. The President promised tough measures to fight the Ambazonia terrorists whom he said were disguising as secessionists.
                The President’s declaration was also followed by a meeting of security chiefs in Yaounde presided over by Defence Minister Beti Assomo. In a statement after the meeting Beti Assomo said all necessary measures have been taken to confront the terrorists in the NW and SW. He did not however elucidate the “necessary measures”. 
                In a rather controversial outing on Saturday, the Governor of the SW region Okalia Bilai told CRTV radio that the Manyu SDO’s Communique that had sparked nation-wide outrage was fake. Okalia said the SDO never issued any such order. Unfortunately for the Governor, the SDO had himself gone on a local radio and announced the withdrawal of his rather obnoxious order. So who is fooling who?
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