Cameroon: Gendarmes Officers Get Public Sentence Over Death Of Kumba Inmate

A whirl wind of uncertainty looms over Gendarmes officers in Meme Division of the Southwest Region of Cameroon, following the death of an inmate, John Suh, at the Gendarmerie Brigade

When Suh was confirmed dead at the Kumba District Hospital, August 20, the population of the metropolis went wild and  immediately placed Gendarmes officers in public trial.

Since then, the corpse of the deceased has not been handed over to his family due to tension and fear of the unknown.

Reporters have gone viral that the 57-year-old gave died due to incessant torture from the uniform officers.

But the Commander in charge of the Gendarmerie in Meme, Patrick Benjamin Mbarga has debunked the accusations.

Mbarga brandished a complaint which Elvis Ngwa, a former employer of Suh, tabled at this office complaining of trespass. Mbarga said, while he was yet to take an action on the issue, the concerned arranged with men and brought Suh to the Gendarmes and detained him.

The Commander said the deceased started vomiting and defecating in the cell and the officers on duty rushed him to the hospital, where he gave up the ghost.

In the face of the tension, Gendarmes officers in Kumba have been sentenced to the public courts and are now  living in uncertainty .