Abakwa & Kumba in Brief

Compiled by Njodzefe Nestor  & Doh Bertrand

Religious sisters released one day after kidnapping

Three Franciscan sisters and 13 novices travelling from Bamenda to Shisong in Northwest Cameroon have been released, after they were captured by separatist fighters in the small village of Bamessing on November 15.

                The hostage-takers were positively identified by an ecclesiastical source as the separatist fighters. The kidnappers held the religious sisters and their novices hostage in a remote bush overnight, as negotiations took place between an official of the Diocese of Kumbo and the hostage takers.

                A source at the Diocese of Kumbo confirmed that the kidnappers had taken the sisters hostage because of what they perceived to be the support of the Church for a peace conference convened by Christian Cardinal Tumi.

The sisters and the novices were released unharmed on the afternoon of November 16. They were handed over to representatives of the Diocese of Kumbo. The conditions of their release were not clear.

Amba ‘General’, nine others killed in Belo

At least ten suspected separatist fighters were killed on Friday November 16, in an operation carried out by Cameroon security forces, sources have confirmed.

                Security sources say an operation launched in the early hours of Friday enable security forces to ambush the fighters including their kingpin popularly called “General Amigo”.

                However, local sources say they were set up by an insider at a funeral before they were ambushed by security forces in Belo.

Man Found Dead and Decomposing in Own Room

The lifeless of a man in his late 30s whose only name we got as Ayuk has been discovered in his room at Ibo Quarters, around the old Mamfe Motor Park in Kumba. The body which was already at an early stage of decomposition was discovered Tuesday November 6, 2018.

                According to reports, Ayuk who is also fondly referred to as‘Tayel’ was last seen Sunday November 4 by his neighbours. The neighbours of the deceased only raised an alarm the let to the discovery of his remains days later following the emanation of an irritating smell that stemmed from his room.

                Family members were then alerted and with the help of neighbours the door was shattered with his lifeless body on his mattress. The corpse was buried same day after some administrative procedures were made, we learned. The circumstances that led to Ayuk’s death are still unclear. Neighbours attest he never complained of any malaise before his sudden death.

Mayor of Nwa killed by unidentified armed men

The Mayor of Nwa, Donga Mantung Division of the North West region of Cameroon was brutally killed on Tuesday November 13 by unidentified armed men, sources have confirmed.

                A source in Nkambe confirmed Dr Ngomfe David was killed around 7pm as he was about to embark on a journey but the identity of his killers are not known.

                The source however added that he had been threatened on several occasions by armed men in the locality who accused him of helping in the deployment of soldiers in the locality.