Two Weeks of Sporadic Violence:

Panic in NW as Ambazonia Tigers go on the Rampage

Forces of law and order in the different towns of the North West region have of late been restive following sporadic attacks by some unidentified assailants believed to belong to the separatist Ambazonia Tigers who more often than not appear masked. This has left casualties in the ranks of the military and in the civilian population.

                In Batibo assailants reportedly stormed the town on the early hours of Tuesday January 23, fired gun shots in the air and paraded some parts of the town and in no time, the whole town was panic-stricken as parents rushed home their kids and everybody ran for safety.

                The story was not different In Pinyin where a group of unidentified men stormed the village, disrupted markets and forced schools to shutdown. The military responded with a heavy crack down that left scores injured and two alleged civilian deaths.

                The worst scenario was in Mbingo, Belo sub division of Boyo. As early as 9am on Thursday February 1, a gang of 11 unidentified men sent news that they were to attack Mbingo and in no time they came face to face with elements of the National Gendarmerie.

                In a gun fire battle that ensued, two elements of the gendarmes were butchered and abandoned by the assailants. They are reported to have hijacked an oncoming car and left the scene. The wounded gendarmes where then evacuated into the Mbingo hospital and two of them, male and female gave up the ghost.

                Immediately, reinforcement was sent on the ground.  The villagers, from Kedjom Keku, Mbingo and throughout Belo ran into the bushes and nearby hills for safety.

In Nkwen, Mezam, a soldier who was guarding the BOCOM petrol station was shot and killed by masked assailants who were on bikes.

                On the 28 of January, a gendarme officer was killed by unknown men at a control post in Tadu, Bui Division. Chief warrant officer Ngando Robert was shot in the eye an slaughtered and his seized.

                A week earlier, a gendarme officer was killed by robbers in Weh, Mecnchum division as they were pushed back in their attempt to break into a financial institution.