Corpse of Kidnapped Police Woman Discovered in K’ba

-One Commissioner still missing

By Doh Bertrand Nua in Kumba

The lifeless body of one of two female police officers that were reportedly kidnapped on Saturday 23 June 2018 in Mile one, Kumba, has been discovered. 

            Victorine Akumbo and Susan Nwenguela were reported to have been kidnapped on the same day though in different circumstances. Their abductors were suspected to be elements of the Ambazonia defence force.

            Reports hold that Nwenguela was abducted from her home while Akumbo reportedly disappeared alongside her grand-daughter as they were returning from regular evening prayers.

            In the evening of Tuesday 26 June 2018 news went viral that the lifeless body of one of the abducted female officers, Susan Nwenguela, had been found besides the road around the customs checkpoint in Kake Bokoko near Kumba. The corpse was later picked up and taken to the Kumba District Hospital mortuary by her colleagues, it was reported.

            Her abductors had given until Tuesday 26 June for a fcfa 5 million ransom to be paid or she be executed. But her lifeless body was found even before the deadline elapsed.

            It is speculated the kidnappers later decided to take her life whether or not the ransom is paid. Before her death, she had contacted her daughter to sell her plot in order to raise the ransom money, we learned.

Police Commissioner, Female Officer, Granddaughter in captivity

Meanwhile, the whereabouts of Victorine Akumbo and her granddaughter who were kidnapped same day with lady Nwenguela is still unknown.

            Also, the special branch police commissioner of Kumba II, Ngong James, who was kidnapped recently, is still under captivity. News of his kidnap spread like bushfire on Tuesday 19 June 2018 along the security corridors in Kumba. He was kidnapped between Mbalangi and Bombe Bakundu along the Buea-Kumba road as he was returning from Buea after spending the weekend with his family.

            Unconfirmed reports said the commissioner’s wife proposed the sum of FCFA 500, 000 as ransom but the kidnappers rejected the money. The reports said the commissioner is undergoing serious torture in the hands of his kidnappers. We could not confirm the whereabouts of the commissioner nor ascertain whether he is still alive.

            Ngong is the second special branch police officer to be kidnapped in Meme division, after Ekidi Ewang Christopher was kidnapped in Konye one month ago. Ekidi was released one week after his kidnap after reportedly paying a ransom of FCFA 500, 000.

DO of Ndian Goes Missing in K’ba

            A Divisional Officer from one of the sub-divisions in Ndian Division has reportedly been kidnapped in Kumba at the Mile one neighbourhood. The administrator whose names we only got as Simon Ebai was kidnapped on 23 June 2018 at a home where he had reportedly come to seek refuge from the escalating crisis in his area of command.

            Though no group has claimed responsibility for his kidnap, accusing fingers are pointed towards the Ambazonia separatists fighters.

            Though we couldn’t independently confirm if Ebai was hiding in Kumba due to the uprising in his area of command, it is revealed he might just be unlucky as many other government workers who have fled their offices are all hiding in different neighbourhoods in Kumba.