Ministers Fire Fight in Burning

Story, Randy Joe Sa’ah

Two top cabinet ministers helicoptered into Wum Wednesday to dig into the bloody weekend violence that gripped the Menchum divisional head quarter. The incident that claimed one life and left several soldiers with broken heads and swollen eyes could not have Paul Biya indifferent. He despatched the defence and interior ministers to assess the razing of the military barracks and vehicles, and of course what triggered the showdown between the population and the military. Ministers Rene Emmanuel Sadi and Joseph Beti Assomo went to Wum Up Station and came away visibly disturbed. They saw the charred remains of over 50 war guns and the burnt out colonial buildings once occupied and owned by the Wum Council. The men settled down for a crisis meeting at the Town Hall to assess the murder and mayhem that followed. Through Rene Sadi’s lips, President Biya condemned the slaying of the motorcyclist as well as the fracas between the population and the soldiers and destruction of the command post of the 25th Motorised Infantry Battalion. He tersely stated that Cameroon is a state of law and no one is above the law.  But the senior ministers also came with kind words from the president, extending condolences to Leonard’s family. Even so they warned that the culprits would not go unpunished. As if to match words with action, the suspect killer soldier has been remanded awaiting his day before the military tribunal.
Hon Wallang Richard & Hon Larryhills Ndong spoke their minds like never before during the crisis meeting

 Army General and Colonels Promise to Sanction Killer Soldier Suspec
 Ministers Rene Emmanuel Sadi and Josephe Beti Assomo Call for Calm
 Interior Minister Rene Emmanuel Sadi Condemns Vandalism on Military
 Burnt-Out Colonial Building Owned by Wum Council
Carcass of Military Vehicles Burnt Consumed by Fire

 Building That Held Military Hardware

War Weapons Burnt


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