Cameroon: Prisoner stabbed to death in Yaoundé

An inmate of the Kondengui Central Prison in Yaoundé was stabbed to death at the weekend by a fellow inmate during an uproar.
The murderer, simply identified as Pipo Dollars, reportedly stabbed his compatriot twice.
The deceased was set to gain freedom the day before the tragedy but the court clerk had declined to sign his discharge, according to Le Messager.
The same paper said on Monday that the deceased was asked to pay FCFA 5000.
Meanwhile the cause of the uproar was never stated by the newspaper, the prison is such a terrible place due, partly, to overcrowding .
Cameroon-Info.Net reports, quoting an inmate,  that the prison hosts several thousands of people.
The inmate revealed that upon arrival, inmates are held in a temporary confinement where there are at least 50 persons in one cell. Sometimes the number goes up to 200.
As a result, some people sleep while standing meanwhile others are seated. The air you breathe is terrible, the man laments.
This  overcrowded atmosphere has made the prison  a dog-eat-dog place.
"If you are jostled by someone, apologise as soon as possible otherwise it may end  badly... People stab each other for just anything,"  he disclosed.