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The population of Kumba, July 4, watched in amazement as a mysterious inferno, guts the frontal part of the Kumba III Divisional Officer’s Office, Gilbert Baldena Gubai.

According to eye witness accounts, the incident happened in the early hours of the day.

The population of Kumba is already extrapolating that with the recurrent land crisis in the Division; sadists could go at any length to inflict pain on the population.

According to a source who spoke to this reporter, it only took the intervention of the Army Rescue Unit to contain the fire for completely razing the building.

After the fire was contained, a carpenter was immediately contracted to repair the damaged roof.

The building, which is currently serving as the DO’s office is a private property of an individual, which the State is presently renting for the administrator.

Decorations and other internal furniture of the building are still to be completed.

Despite the outbreak of the inferno, no document at the DO’s office was destroyed in the process.

 Meanwhile, a TOYOTA Hilux vehicle, belonging to the Army Rescue Unit, was reportedly set on fire by yet to be indentified individuals.

The fire is reported to have been brought under control before it could engulf the vehicle.

These mishaps add to a plethora of others that has happened since the outbreak of the Anglophone Crisis.

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Abeh Valery

07.Jul.2017

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The Pouma/Sombo road situated along the Douala/Yaounde road witnessed last night a ghastly accident that claimed the lives of two individuals and injured many others.

This incident happened between an urban transport agency on its way to Yaounde and a truck heading back from Yaounde. The transport Agency bus attempted to avoid the oncoming truck but lost control and entered into the bush. One of the passengers on the bus blames over speeding and non respect of road signs as cause to the accident.

Two lives were lost in this incident and many injuries were recorded, the injured have been taken to the Edea district hospital for medical attention.

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Rita Akana

06.Jul.2017

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Police in Kumba have unmasked two separate gangs of thieves comprising at least three members each.

The gangs are specialised in reaping millions from churches, emptying the houses of judicial officers and high profile personalities through break-ins.

The suspect thieves were unveiled to the public, Tuesday July 4, at the Kumba Central Police Station in the presence of Meme SDO, Chamberlin Ntou’ou Ndong, forestry, judiciary and custom officials.

They suspects included: Vitalis Nwanchia Acha, 25, Elvis Ndue Ngunde 39, Armstrong Orchor Meter 25, Ewane Dikume 25, Henry Kima 19, and Blaise Akale Ngoya alias Game.

According to the Commissioner in charge of Public security at the Kumba Central Police Station, Wilson Njume Njikang, the thieves have admitted carrying out several operations in Kumba.

The Commissioner stated that the gangs are responsible for the sleepless nights in the metropolis.

Presenting the gangs, Njume disclosed that the one specialised in church harvest have confessed stealing close to FCFA 10million from different churches within two weeks.

He said the thieves admitted to using part of the money to buy brand new motor bikes which they use to facilitate other operations.

Among the churches which suffer the theft is the Faith Baptist Church.

The Police Commissioner said the gang programmes most of their operations during the harvest thanksgiving season in most churches.

The second gang is focused on break-in. Njume said they had an informant in Kumba who is at large. He said the days of the informant are also numbered.

 Among the thieves is a student of the forestry school in Mbalmayo. He uses his uniform to pose as a soldier.

When informed, the thieves converge on Kumba from different locations across the country to operate.

They have a warehouse were their stolen items are kept.

Among their recent attacks is that of a high profile Magistrate, Vivian Mengale.

At her house, the thieves reportedly made away with her phone, a pistol and FCA 400,000.

Commissioner Njume said the same gang recently attacked the home of the President of the Kumba High Court, Prince Ndoki Mukete.

In the case of the Magistrate, the police rounded off the thieves within six days after the Regional boss of the police issued a two week deadline for the thieves to be napped.

According to Commissioner Njume, the population must be partner to the police in the exercise of their duty.

He urged the population to signal the police in case of anything at anytime.

Among the items unveiled alongside the thieves are dozens of mobile phones, pistols, fridges, flat screen televisions, computers, speakers, vegetable oil, bikes, knives, hammers, carpets and other household items

 Magistrate Vivian Mengale, who visited the police station, recognised one of the thieves that stormed her house.

She said they took away her phone and the husband’s pistol.

SDO Ntou’ou Ndong saluted the police effort and said it was the beginning of his resolve in partnership with all services to clean Kumba of hoodlums.

He called for more synergy between the security forces and the population to keep such gangs at bay.

 

 

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06.Jul.2017

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Two people are reported death in an automobile accident in the Nyalla neighborhood in Douala. The two men were on a motorbike on high speed when they came in collision with an oncoming truck which crushed them instantly. A third party is seriously injured and is in a coma at the Logbaba Disctrict Hospital while the corps of the two men who did not survive the incident has been transferred to the Laquintinie Hospital mortuary in Douala.

Douala has been marked with motorbike accidents in the early hours of the morning recently and the only explanation one can get is due to the rainy weather which forces the motorbike riders to double their instinct to hurry. For the past two weeks, several deaths have been recorded from road accidents in Douala alone just because of over speeding and non respect of road signs.

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Rita Akana

05.Jul.2017

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Movement at the Rond Point area in Douala is perturbed following a crash on the legendary monument of the city.  A truck loaded with empty crates ended its mad course on the monument  at about 5:30am Wednesday. The truck coming from Bonamoussadi is alleged to have had break failure when it rushed and turned over.

Motorbikes disorderly stationed around the area were hit by the angry truck leaving many injured. The wounded were rushed to the Lanquintenie hospital for medical attention, one of them who could not perceive the truck on time since he was backing the mad locomotive.

The mentally ill person who had made the base of the monument his home quickly fled the danger.  

Curious onlookers who rushed to the scene hoping for a drinking spree were disappointed when they realized the crates were not carrying bottled beer. As usual the police arrived late to control, circulation.

 

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05.Jul.2017

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A gang of thieves made up of three men, have been arrested in the South West Region by forces of the Kumba Central police station, where the culprits are presently locked up for the meantime.

Aged 23, 19 and 25 years, the trio were specialised in carrying out armed operations on churches and the residences of pastors.

A magistrate of the Kumba town happens to have fallen victim to these bandits’ criminal endeavours. At the judge’s place, they made away with the sum of 400, 000FCFA and an automatic pistol.

      

Information coming from the Police forces reveals that the gang has an accomplice in town, who has been giving them information for their operations. This partner in crime is still at large.

The gang which decided to specialise only in the desecration of religious sacredness, was presented to the press yesterday Tuesday with their loot, estimated to cost 10 million FCFA. They will be presented before the prosecutor today Wednesday.

 

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05.Jul.2017

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