Death of Bishop Balla: Vatican Continues Mounting Pressure on Cameroon Government

Close to a year since the Bishop of Bafia, Mgr Jean Marie Benoit Bala was ‘murdered’ and his body found at the bans of River Sanaga, the government of Cameron is yet to officially make public results of the investigation on the cause of the death of the clergy.

According to Jeune Afrique Magazine, this delay is badly affecting the rapport between Cameroon and Vatican, who has refused to appoint an Apostolic Nuncio to replace Piero Pioppo who was transferred to Indonesia last September 8, 2017. 

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Late  Bishop Jean Marie Benoit Bala, disappeared on the 31st of May 2017, and the signal of his disappearance was his white Prado vehicle matriculated CE 9503 V parked on the Ebebda bridge, that had on the front passenger seat, his documents and a suicide note 'Je suis dans l’eau'. ‘I am in the water'.

His body was found at the banks of River Sanaga in Nstang village Monatele on June 2, 2017, by fishermen.

An autopsy was carried out on his body to determine the cause of his death, and the results according to the State Counsel of the Mfoundi Yaoundé High Court, said there were no traces of violence on his body, and that he might have probably drowned himself to death.

However, contrary to what the Cameroon government produced as post mortem results, the Catholic church in Cameroon through its leader Archbishop Samuel Kleda in a press release of June 13, 2017, condemned the killing of the prelate, stating black and white that, he was 'Brutally Assassinated' and that they saw traces of violence on him, when his body was brought to the shore from the boat transporting it.

The Bishops filed a case against X, for the murder of their colleague and since then, the Cameroonian public is waiting for the outcome of the case.

Meanwhile, the Cameroon government that also opened investigations to shed more light on the supposed drowning of the prelate, is yet to make public results of its investigations.

According to Jeune Afrique, this delay is the reason Vatican is frowning bitterly against the government of Cameroon.

Note that the government of Cameroon through its spokesperson, Issa Tchiroma Bakary has often picked holes with most of stories reported by Jeune Afrique about Cameroon. He has often described them as intended to tarnish the image of the country.