Cameroon: Limbe Government Delegate destroys houses to please President Biya

The government delegate to the Limbe city council, Motanga Andrew Monjimba has ordered a massive demolition of buildings in his area of jurisdiction. The council boss observed at the beginning of the implementation of this unprecedented fracas that it was a decision taken in December, 2012, by councilors that all houses built with normal timber known as plank houses closed to any major tarred road around the City should be destroyed. 

Cameroon Concord gathered that the government delegate's decision is to give the city of Limbe a new face lift before the start of the female African Cup of Nations to be hosted partly in Limbe. It remains the most unpopular decision ever in the history of the council as hundreds of people have been left homeless. Our senior political correspondent in the South West region who contributed to this report hinted Motanga Andrew was acting under direct supervision from Etoudi.

Some of the homeless persons we spoke to recently wondered aloud how a football competition should leave them with no shelter and any form of livelihood. The government delegate thus not owe his mandate to the Limbe population but to the Cameroonian dictator living in far away Yaounde.