Nsongwa villagers of the North West region of Cameroon clash with brothers of neighbouring Chomba

The people of villages of Nsaongwa and Chomba this Monday had a fierce confrontation over a piece of land. According to reports gathered, a native of Chomba reportedly built a house in Nsongwa without paying allegiance to the people of Nsongwa.

As a result, men women and youths of Nsongwa stumped the area and started destroying properties.

According to the people of Nsongwa this was a strategy carefully scripted by the people of Chomba to take away their land unnoticed.

An indigene of Nsongwa says “the Chomba people are very crafty; they will start by building a house on our piece of land without following the right procedures and very soon they may begin to invite their brothers to come and build there too. With this trend, the whole area may soon be occupied by the Chomba people and they may start claiming rights to our land. This is how it all starts and if we don’t stop it now it may soon degenerate into something else”.

However, negotiations have been open by the Division Officer of Bamenda 2 municipality to adequately solve the matter.