Horror in B’da:

Gov’t & Separatists Trade Accusations Over Killings, Beheadings

Gov’t & Separatists Trade Accusations Over Killings

A scene of gunfire fire on armless individuals with bikes set ablaze has been reported at the Mile 90  neighbourhood in  Bamenda ,Cameroon’s restive North West Region. The development is known to have happened early Thursday May 23rd according to locals.

                Today’s development comes  amid a vicious cycle of accusations and counter accusations between the government  and separatists’ front liners over recent incidents of beheadings and the Monday May 20th murder of a four-month-old baby in Muyuka, South West Region.

                Mile 90 is found on the road leading to Bali Nyonga on the fringes of Bamenda. The axis has known terrible happenings since the crisis started.

                A local in the city of Bamenda told The National Times that, at least one person has died following the early morning shooting. The same source said there are fears of more casualties. Our interviewee said, some  locals escaped the scene of the shootings into the bushes.

                In the face of the incident,  a viral video has triggered outrage across the social media. The video shows a man lying lifeless on the tarmac with his head ripped apart apparently by a bullet. The scene shows blood spilled across the road. At least three bikes are seen in the video  on fire.

                Authors of the amateur video accuse security forces of opening fire on individuals standing at a local village junction. The unknown narrators claimed the man  shot on the main road was fired at without remorse.

                Others voices are heard in the video urging for international action to end the crisis. Locals are overheard in the video calling on Cameroon’s colonial masters  and the United Nations (UN) to step in and arrest the Anglophone crisis.

                Cameroon’s Communication Minister Rene Emmanuel Sadi issued  a statement  Wednesday May 22 stating that, the controversially killing of baby Martha Ngu in Muyuka was staged to sabotage the military.

                The minister surmised that, the persons who asked the questions in an amateur video  that went viral after the incident  failed to show their identities  apparently showing proofing of a staged-managed incident.

                Since the Anglophone crisis, Government has expressed suspicion over several amateur videos  that have flooded the social media accusing security forces of wrong doing. It blames armed militias of putting the lives of the population in danger.

                At nightfall on Tuesday May 21st , a  tutor Vincent Wountai lecturing Geography and History at Government Bilingual High School (GBHS) Nitop in Santa was killed and beheaded. His head was dropped at the Mobile Nkwen  vicinity in Bamenda. No group has claimed responsibility for the act.

                North West Governor  Adolf Lele Lafrique has issued  a release condemning the act. The governor promised investigations to track the authors of the act. He has urged the population to denounce such individuals to the competent authorities.