Another Week of Killings in the NW

-Eight Members of a Family, Many Others “Massacred” By the Military

-Gun Men Continue “Provocative Sporadic” Attacks On Military 

By Nestor Ndjodzefe in Bamenda

On Thursday, July 12, 2018, forces of law and order reportedly invaded Ofen, a quarter in Tiben village, Batibo sub division, Momo Division of the North West region and killed “16 unarmed civilians, 8 of them being members of one family.

            According to a report by the Center for Human Rights and Democracy in Africa, CHRDA headed by Agbor Balla, of the victims 9 were women and three of them young girls of ages 8 and below and 7 of them were men.

            It is alleged that Defence and Security forces got news that there was a training camp for the ADF in Tiben Village and targeted the locality with “intent to eliminate members of the camp”.

            Reports have it that when they entered the village and failed to see the supposed camp, they started shooting “sporadically in the air causing panic and commotion”.

“A notable and shocking scenario was the killing of a teacher, Tebit Evans Chick and 7 members of his family” a statement from the Center for Human Rights and Democracy in Africa reveals.

            The other seven members are his wife, three kids, his father and mother and the mother in law.

            In a similar development, 5 students of the University of Bamenda were supposedly shot dead by the military in Bambili, Tubah Sub Division, Mezam Division of the North West region.

Gun Men Continue “Provocative Sporadic” Attacks On Military 

            On Wednesday 11 July, armed men attacked the Police station in Bambili around 9pm. It is reported that in a shootout that ensued, one of the assailants was neutralized by the elements on duty. His locally made pistol and a 12 mm caliber cartridge was reportedly recovered from the scene. A Police Constable was wounded and is responding to treatment.

            In the same vein, two police officers were allegedly shot in Mbiami, Bui Division of the North West region by some unidentified gun men around a check point. In Ndop, Ngoketunjia Division, on Friday July 13, another military official was attacked.