Kumba: After fire scare, SDO slams curfew on Bikers

Meme SDO, Chamberlin Ntou’ou Ndong, has imposed a six hour restriction on commercial bike riders in Kumba, due to security worry.

Ntou’ou Ndong has urged other administrators to implement the decision.

The order prohibits bikes in Kumba from plying the road between 11:00pm and 5:00am.

The SDO said the decision shall be in force “till further notice”.

Article two of the decision states that anyone who contravenes the embargo will be punished in line with the laws in force.

Ntou’ou Ndong’s order comes, a couple of weeks after fire was contained at Kumba III Sub Divisional Office.

Eyewitnesses recounted that the incident occurred in the night of Sunday breaking Monday, July 3.

In the same vein, some unidentified persons set a vehicle belonging to the Kumba Army Rescue Unit ablaze.

Fire incidents on public property in Kumba have been witnessed at the Government Bilingual High School, GBHS Station and Government Secondary School, GSS Barombi Kang among others.

Reacting on the decision, Serge Fapou, a commercial bike rider said it will affect the income of bikers.

Fapou, however, expressed hope that the administration has taken decision for the general good.

Another bike rider said, prohibiting them from working at night is not a cure-all to the security problems in Anglophone Regions. The rider said they have been cases where riders report acts of vandalism, plots to steal or burn property, to the administration.