Police Officer Promise to Kill Journalist who Called him an ‘Ambazonian’

-Says he was sent from Yaoundé to come and kill

By Doh Bertrand Nua in Kumba

Maxcel Fokwen, Kumba Bureau Chief of The Post Newspaper

A Police officer working with the Kumba Central Police Station has promised to kill a Kumba-based journalist who called him an Ambazonian. Kumba Bureau Chief of The Post newspaper, Maxcel Fokwen was on Friday 15 June 2018 at the newsstand in Kumba located just few metres from the Central Police Station warned under humiliating circumstances.

            He published a post on his Facebook page saying “If you find my lifeless body then ask the police officer to explain”.

            The panic-stricken reporter who was traumatized by the threat to his life said it was on Friday June 15, 2018 at 6:15 pm that the Police officer walked up to him at the Kumba newsstand. The officer beckoned on him to come before ordering him to produce his identity card and what followed was a series of  questions in French

            Fokwen said all attempts to make the officer understand he was a pressman who simply came to the newsstand to collect a copy of his newspaper were futile as the officer gave a deaf ear to it tagging him without any proof or prior investigation on his person to his colleagues on duty as an ‘Ambazonian’. "Chef voici l'ambazonien qui vient ici,” said the officer to his colleague on duty as revealed by Fokwen. 

            Fokwen narrated that in an attempt to explain to the officer he didn’t understand what he meant by "chef voici l'ambazonien qui vient ici” and further insisted he is a journalist who works in Kumba and has often times visited the police station for professional work met with a stern warning from the officer.

            “ehhh ne blague pas avec moi. Je ne sui pas un anglophone. Je ne vien pas ici pour ris avec toi. Je te tue maintenant," Fokwen quoted the warnings the officer on his person promising he could end his life immediately if I dared him because he was sent from Yaoundé to come kill.

            He added that the officer then diverted his attention to his professional card which he told him was left home since Friday was a public adding that before he could speak further, the officer looked at the complexion of my hands keenly then opened up his undies and promised further investigations awaited him. Despite vehemently maintaining that he could not connect with all his insinuations, the officer made few steps towards the newsstand and then returned his confiscated Identity card before promising him further doom.

            Quizzed if he has alerted the Kumba Central Police boss Fokwen noted “I made an immediate call to the central police commissioner for Kumba. He's promised to investigate the threat to life on my person. I impatiently await the outcome of his findings”. It should be noted that before Friday’s threat to take away life, anonymous callers have made similar attempts on his person which he has ignored.