Accused of Dropping Tracts, Tortured Youth In Bamenda Military Court Today 1Yr After

Fifteen months ago, a 19-year-old Bamenda resident stood by the road side at Ngomgham neighbourhood waiting for a bike to take him to Alakuma.

He a few hours at a funeral, sharing drinks with a visiting mother from Kumba, the one who had invited him. Later it was time to go. Some men in plain clothes confronted him accusing him of being Amba Boy.

They confiscated his phone and wallet. Not knowing that these were undercover agents, he went physical on one of them.

The response of the officers was brutal and bloody. Then the Brigade gendarmes in Ntarikon were called in and he is whisked away with open wounds on his body.

That was the end of his liberties. He has since been in prison custody. He will be arraigned in the military tribunal in Bamenda. Although accused of dropping tracts in Ngomgham some time ago, before his arrest, he was never shown any fot he tracts. He has denied the charges.

Barrister Joseph Fru is defending him and has promised a ferocious and aggressive defense because of the impunity with which the military is prosecuting people during the current crisis is alarming.

For those who are interested in the cause of justice, barrister Joseph Fru reminds that it is a public hearing and the public is invited to attend and observe the injustice that is perpetuated on defenseless and unsuspecting citizens.