Terror in Meme Division:

Amba Boys Confiscate People’s Wives & Properties

By Doh Bertrand Nua in Kumba

A traditional ruler in one of the Bafaw villages in Meme Division in the restless South West Region has revealed that pro-independence fighters have confiscated all their belongings and even forcefully taken away their wives.

                The traditional chief whose name and village we are withholding for security reasons narrated his ordeal and that of his subjects in the hands of the Ambazonia fighters in the presence of the entire Meme administration, other Meme chiefs, political leaders, religious authorities, members of the civil society, opinion leaders amongst other personalities who matter in the Division.

                The chief was speaking as he presented to the SDO what he called a true picture of what is happening on the ground concerning the on-going arm conflict in a crisis meeting summoned up by the SDO to suggest ways on how to better dialogue with the ‘Amba’ boys, convince them to drop their weapons, surrender and start a new life. The meeting took place Tuesday January 15, 2019.

                “All our belongings in the village have been seized by ‘Amba’ boys. We don’t even own anything in the village again…. You don’ dare complain when your property, farms are seized by the boys. It has even gotten to a level where our wives are forcefully taken away and raped by the boys” narrated the grief-stricken chief.

                Reacting to calls from other chiefs for government to withdraw troops dispatched to the two Anglophone regions, the traditional ruler said “if this is done then the Ambazonia fighters will end up eating us raw. If we are made to suffer like this with the presence of the military then we will all be killed if the military is withdrawn from the Division” stated the visibly traumatised chief. 

                He further stated that, the numerous atrocities committed by the Ambazonia fighters is because of the lack of a leader to control them on the ground  while proposing that “…if the leaders of these ‘Amba’ boys are released from jail, they will be calm since it is the leaders who order them on what to do”.

                The traditional custodian averred that, the sole wish of the ‘Amba’ boys is to secure the release of their incarcerated leaders. He urged members of the Yaoundé regime to embark on an in house negotiation with the incarcerated leaders and grant a general amnesty before calling for an inclusive genuine dialogue to end the carnage in the Anglophone regions.