Two Fake ‘Ambazonians’ Arrested in K’ba

By Doh Bertrand Nua in Kumba

Two persons have been arrested and detained at the Kumba Central police station for impersonating as ‘Ambazonia’ soldiers and extorting money from the population. Tebeck Mark age 28 and Agbor Thomas Junior age 38 were arrested on Wednesday July 18, 2018 and presented to the Meme SDO, Chamberlin Ntou’ou Ndong.

            Tebeck and Agbor confessed to the security elements and the Meme SDO that they have been going about threatening and extorting money from the population through mobile money transactions in the name of the ‘Ambazonia’ struggle.

            Both men confessed to have defrauded at least 12 families while eight other families they contacted were still to pay in. They admitted to have been feeding fat as a result of their dubious acts.

            Tebeck Mark, the spokesperson of the group told reporters that he indulged in the business after migrating to Kumba when their family residence in Kwakwa was burnt down.

            “We go around visiting business places and getting the phone contacts of their owners. We then call these numbers and ask our interlocutors to contribute in the war effort, claiming that we are Ambazonia fighters. That’s what we do day after day and some do send us money while some hesitate. We have been doing this since May when this crisis started. I am from Kwakwa and relocated to town when our house was been burnt down,” Tebeck confessed, adding that they have collected about FCFA 400 000 thousands from about six persons while 12 others have been contacted. He said they contacted the last person, a resident of Buea road Kumba, on 11 July 2018. 

            The situation has come to save hundreds of other families who have been under constant threat to pay huge sums of money to unknown persons claiming to be fighting for the ‘Ambazonia’ struggle. Before now, news had been circulating that some well-to-do person in Kumba have fallen in the hands of some thieves passing for ‘Ambazonia’ fighters.