Panic, tension grips Buea: Muea police commissioner kidnapped

-         Soldiers raid Wotutu

-         Heavy gunfire exchanges rock Tombel, Banga Bakundu

BY ATIA TILARIOUS AZOHNWI

As we went to press, news reaching our newsroom indicated that the escalating war between government and separatist forces took another dangerous twist with the kidnapping of a police officer in Mile 16, Buea. Reports have it that the said officer, Christopher Tazisong is commissioner of the third district police station in Muea.  We, however, could not independently confirm the exact identity of the police officer in question.

Elsewhere, it seems Buea subdivision is gradually sliding into a risky territory as soldiers descended on a village in the subdivision, Wotutu in an early morning raid. Unconfirmed reports say houses were ransacked and scores of able-bodied boys arrested.

It should be recalled that Geogiana Enanga, principal of GHS Mile 16 was abducted weeks back and later released. Several other persons including journalists and administrators live under fear of a similar fate befalling them.

In a separate development, heavy gunfire between soldiers and separatist fighters was reported in Tombel and Banga Bakundu. The Banga Bakundu shootings is said to have been followed by an arson attack.

First published in The SUN Newspaper no. 0494 of Monday, June 11, 2018.