Justice Tahle Mukete Itoe:

Menchum High Court Judge Kidnapped

The President of the High Court of Menchum, Justice Tahle Mukete Itoe, has been kidnapped by yet unidentified persons, reports said Wednesday.

            The senior judge who doubles as President of the Wum Court of First Instance was kidnapped late on Tuesday evening, 21 August 2018, as he was returning to Wum from Bamenda, the reports said further.

            Justice Tahle Mukete who had boarded a passenger bus for the fateful trip, was whisked to an unknown destination where he is kept incommunicado.

            Neither the Ambazonia fighters nor any other group has claimed responsibility for the kidnap, which has been variously condemned by judiciary family, with even pro-separatist lawyers and judges also bitter about the “stupid act”.

            Justice Tahle Mukete was formerly the President of the Fundong High Court. His capture comes barely weeks after his deputy at the Menchum High Court, Justice Adamu Linus, narrowly escaped a kidnap attempt also along the same Bamenda-Wum road. His car windshield was shattered by the Amba boys.

            It should be recalled that in April this year, retired Vice President of the SW Appeals Court, Justice Martin Mbeng, was kidnapped in his native Ewelle village. He was only freed three days later upon the payment of a huge ransom. Justice Martin Mbeng has since elected residence in the USA.