Cameroon: Newspaper publisher assaulted by man who owes a local credit Union

Eric Tataw Publisher of Mamfe based National Telegraph Newspaper (pictured bloody suit) has been beaten by a certain Agbor Muller Akoarrey in Mamfe on Tuesday October 18, 2016. The Journalist explains that he was on his way to Bamenda in the North West region when the man dragged him from a motor bike and beat him up, transforming him into a punching bag.
In his own words Eric recounted that “Today, he intercepted me at Vatican Express, Mamfe Mile II Park and gave me a snake-beating. He pulled me down from a bike and started by carrying a smear campaign against me; shouting that I have picked from his pockets, before pulling me to the Badi River and then torturing me.”

He discloses that the man owes local credit Union for ten years now and he, Eric, was doing investigations on debtors. But he receive threats from Agbor Muller that if the article is published he will regret why he was born. “My crime is that Agbor Muller Akoarrey who owes since over 10years now and has flattened the credit union thinks I must die if I have to publish that story.” He said.
The National Telegraph Publisher was hospitalized in Mamfe, he had taken the matter to the State Council Justice Sunjo Didacus but has promised the said story will be published, “I lost a lot of blood with several of my teeth out of gum. I might not be able to chew for about the next 30 or more days but the credit union story must be published come rain, come shine!”

According to the President of South West chapter of Cameroon Journalists Trade Union, KUM Leonard, the act is gross violation of rights of a journalist and must be attended to without delay and the superman booked for attempted murder.
When contacted, the SDO for Manyu Division, Peter Tieh Ndeh said he cannot comment because the issue is in hands of law enforcement officials.