Ambazonia War:

Slain Police Inspector Decorated Posthumously

-Meme administration stays mute over disappearance of senior police superintendent

By Doh Bertrand Nua in Kumba

Nwengela Susan Elema docorated posthumously

Nwengela Susan Elema of the 3rd District Police Station in Kumba was on Friday 3 August 2018, decorated with a medal of valour for her bravery. The medal accorded her by the SDO of Meme, Ntou’ou Ndong Chamberlin, deputizing for the Delegate General for National Security, Martin Mbarga Nguele, was in a ceremony to pay last respects to the fallen cop, at the Kumba Central Police Station.

            The brief ceremony was attended by a cross-section of top security officials in Kumba, family members and friends.

            Her posthumous decoration according to the SDO was in appreciation of the services she rendered to the state in the domain of protection of peace and security.

            Formerly serving at the 3rd Police District Station in Kumba, Nwengela’s corpse was discovered near a small stream in Kake I village, in Kumba, on 26 June, two days after she was kidnapped at her residence by unknown persons.

            Born in 1964 in Madie Ngolo, Toko Sub-Division in Ndian Division, Nwengela was admitted into the Police Training Centre in Mutengene in 2000. She served in Buea before her transfer to Kumba.

            Her friends and colleagues described her as energetic, loyal and devoted to duty.

            She leaves behind her family members, friends and colleagues to mourn her. 

            Meme Administration Mute over ‘Disappearance’ of Police Superintendent

As the police in Kumba continue to mourn their colleagues who have been killed in the ongoing Anglophone war, the Meme administration and the police hierarchy is still to make an official statement about the disappearance of the commissioner of the special branch police post in Kumba II sub-division, Ngong James.

            Voices have continued questioning why the administration is so mute about the alleged abduction of the senior cop by Ambazonia fighters.

            The silence of the administration is in spite of information circulating on social media to the effect that the commissioner has since been murdered by his abductors. This newspaper has been unable to independently confirm the information, which has gone viral on facebook and whatsup, with graphic pictures of somebody said to be commissioner Ngong James posted with blood all over his face.

Only weeks ago a senior police superintendent was murdered by gunmen in Kumba as he was retiring to his home from work. Several other junior officers have fallen in Kumba and Meme, since the ongoing Anglophone crisis turned into a war.