Amba Fighters Launch War on SDF Candidates
-Homes of two Mayors, MP burnt, councilors kidnapped
By Doh Bertrand Nua in Yaounde
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| Hon. Joseph Mbah Ndam |
Gunmen suspected to be Amba fighters have been accused of
setting ablaze the residence of SDF Member of Parliament, Hon. Joseph Mbah
Ndam, in Batibo in Momo Division of the Northwest Region. The incident occurred
on the night of Sunday breaking Monday.
The
incident on the residence of Vice President of the National Assembly comes
after the publication of the list of candidates for the twin elections. The
list indicated that the lawmaker was seeking another mandate as MP of the SDF.
The attack on his home has received widespread condemned by a good number of
English speaking Cameroonians.
To
recall is the fact that an angry mob stormed his Batibo residence in 2017 and
mounted pressure on him to resign from Parliament and join the ongoing crisis,
a decision he reluctantly took in front of the mob but never tabled his
resignation too Parliament.
Reports
say gunmen had threatened the MP to step down from Parliament and not run for
next year's election. The incident at the MP’s residence comes after the kidnap
of an SDF Mayor in Bamenda and some councilors by suspected armed separatists
for daring into the list of next year's election.
K’bo Mayor’s Residence Burnt
The
residence of the Mayor of Kumbo has also been visited by suspected gunmen few
days after that of Hon. Mbah Ndam. The Tobin residence of Njong Donatus Fonyuy,
was set ablaze breaking Tuesday 16 December 2019.
Sources
the residence was burnt down following news that his name has been invested by
the Social Democratic Front party for upcoming elections. Njong Donatus
recently received a PNDP award as the best Northwest Mayor. He has been mayor
of Kumbo council for 23 years and still ticking. On a similar note, his
counterpart of Ndop council Mayor Abel has also recorded an incident as his own
Ndop residence was also destroyed.
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