Despite the heavily publicized Major National Dialogue in Yaounde, there is still no sign in sight that preventable killings will end anytime soon in restive Bamenda and other areas. thevoicenews.net has now obtained the names of the 24-year-old man who was arrested on Friday, October 4 in Nitop Quarter, Bamenda and found brutally murdered and dumped in Nkwen around the late Foncha’s forest today. He is Bongwa Dohnfon Claude, aged 24.
He is a native of Bali. His pregnant wife is inconsolable. They got married two years ago and had one child – still an infant.
“I last saw my husband yesterday. I was cooking. He told me he was too hungry and said he was stepping out to buy bread for snacks while waiting for his food.”
The young widow managed to tell the voice in Pidgin English.
“He did not come back. I was so anxious. There was heavy rain but he did not come back when the rain ceased. There was no way for me to call him because our only phone got missing. We were using the same phone”
Two bodies were found in Nkwen and both were identified by their relatives in Nitop. Eyewitnesses say a third person who was also whisked off is still missing. the Quarter Head and other inhabitants of Nitop neighbourhood say they witnessed the daytime arrest. The quarter was distraught as he told thevoicenews.net…
“My neighbourhood was very quiet yesterday. There was no problem here. Our quarter was always very peaceful. The military has never been coming deep inside the quarter like this. I don’t know what caused the raid. But the military vehicle just came and they picked these young men and took them away. These boys were very peaceful. If these boys were guilty of anything, they should be taken to the state counsel not. You can’t just waste lives of young people like this. How can they take children from Mankon to Nkwen? The administration should investigate the army truck that came here yesterday.”
EARLIER We Reported:
Blood is flowing in parts of Bamenda and families are in deep shock. Their loved ones were randomly picked up yesterday whisked off to an unknown destination. Their bodies have today been found in a forested area in Nkwen.
At least one of them has been identified with bullet holes in his back and left chest. Neither the administrative nor military officials have reacted to the macabre incident. The population of Bamenda is puzzled that troops would pick up abled men in broad day light and would be found lifeless in another neighbourhood across town.
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Please, wait for emerging details as we dig further into the tragedy that might have claimed three lived form the same family.