Anglophone Crisis: Student Killed on Chaotic Friday in Bamenda

TCR has learnt that an upper sixth student of St. Paul’s College Nkwen, was killed on the chaotic Friday of June 22, 2018 in Bamenda, capital city of the Northwest region.

The jinxed guy was identified as Michael popularly called Hazard. According to our source, Michael was nicknamed Hazard because of his unrivaled skills in the game of football.

Even though TCR cannot independently and authoritatively say who the killers of Michael are, there are allegations that he was killed by gendarmes in Nkwen.

Eyewitness accounts said that when Bamenda was thrown into commotion because of the activities of Ambazonia fighters that raided the town last Friday evening, a special security measure was put in place.

Michael, like many other locals, boarded a taxi but fell in the hands of the Gendarmes around Nkwen who told the driver to stop but he didn’t respect the order, seeing this danger and knowing how Military behaves, some passengers forced the driver to stop before running for safety.

According to locals, Gendarmes then opened fire on the vehicle killing the driver, commonly called “papa Abigail”, father of three children, he died at the hospital from bullet wounds, Cameroon Info Net reported.

While Michael, who had just written the Advanced Level General Certificate of Education Examinations, GCE, was shot dead.

CIN also reported that earlier, Ambazonia fighters in an exchange of gunfire, killed Police officer Alain Tachkounte Tchounte around Hospital Roundabout. Gunshots were also heard in Bambui, the university community but residents had gone indoors as evening approached. Shop owners were forced to shut down and run for safety as Ambazonia fighters stormed neighborhoods blocking major roads.

A witness said, “Seems Amba boys have finally entered town. I rushed out of office and took the Mulang road thinking I was being smart to take a short cut to the house but I met road blocks around the council area .I met policemen who were already there dismantling the blockage.”

Panic and tension were prevalent in Bamenda last Friday as everyone struggled to get to their homes as early as possible for fear of the unknown after news of the presence of Ambazonia fighters in the city went viral.

Everyone thus remained under lock and key in their homes until Saturday morning when relative calm returned.

By THL