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The Consulate General of Nigeria for the South West and North West Regions of Cameroon remained open yesterday (1 September, 2016) and went about its daily business with the current Consul General, Dan Wari Nwazim, on sit in his Bokwaongo office. Their eight official staff and the local 22 employees were at work. Cameroon Tribune was in their office and contacted an official in the Consulate General and was told that there has been no closure of the mission whatsoever.

Early this week, stories drummed wild by word of mouth and on some local tabloids that the Buea Consulate General, one of the three Nigerian Diplomatic  missions that cater for over four million Nigerians in Cameroon, after the Yaounde High Commission and the Douala Consulate was one of the seven earmarked for closure. A Diplomat at the Consulate, who explained the criteria for closure of a diplomatic mission to include the fact that a commission must be sent from the mother Country to evaluate the assets, establish the liabilities and report back home for and act to be dressed up ordering the closure of the mission. None of that has been seen in the Consulate General in Buea so far, our source disclosed. 

It happened that, on taking over at the helm of Nigerian Federal Government last year, the Buhari Government declared financial austerity to include the closure of seven diplomatic missions that did not meet certain criteria. Such criteria good for closure as indicated by the Nigerian committee set up for that purpose included those missions without property like  buildings and land, missions not generating up to a certain amount of money through visas and passports, a mission that might have been closed at least once in the past 20 years.

Of the five criteria, the Buea mission fails only one that of not making money on visas and passport owing to the policies between the two countries whereby citizens from both countries can visit vis versa for up to 90 Days without any visa. So, there is no genuine need except people are staying longer.

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Rita Akana

02.Sep.2016

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Some 367 Government Secondary School teachers who initiated their own transfers, have been ordered to return to their initial schools.

The decision was made by the Minister of Secondary Education Jean Ernest Bibehe after a thorough cross check of their files by the Human Resource Management of the Ministry.

According to officials at the Ministry of Secondary Education, 369 files in question were cross checked out of which only 2 were genuine. Moreover, out of the 369 files, only 146 teachers in question presented their documents as demanded by the Ministry.

It is but normal that the others did not border to present theirs since they are mindful of the foul game. 

It was also reviewed that some of the fake transfers were orchestrated by some government officials. To this, the Ministry has embarked into strict investigation to track down the said unscrupulous agents.

The teachers in question are expected in their initial Schools latest on 1st September 2016, after which their Principals will have to establish certificates of resumption which will be forwarded to the Ministry of Secondary Education by 30th September 2016.

Any teacher who fails to adhere the call will receive sanctions from both the Ministry of Secondary Education and the Public Service.

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Rita Akana

31.Aug.2016

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The Esu vs Baba Danpullo land crisis that has been on for years now today took an ugly twist as hundreds of women, men and children took to the streets in protest.

The aggrieved villagers who embarked on a protest march early today from Esu are amongst other things demanding the immediate release of some indigenes of the locality who are currently being detained at a facility in Bamenda.

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Mua Patrick

29.Aug.2016

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My Arrest and Release, Arrest of Derrick JATO

On Sunday August 28, 2016 I received a call from Derrick Jato, Equinoxe Television Correspondent in Buea who has been in detention at the 3rd Police District in Muea, Buea, that he was ill.

I took off for Buea and arrived there by 1pm that same Sunday, I saw other sympathizers who have been following up the case. I then went to meet with the police Commissioner, a certain NDOUMBE, but was told by his secretary that he was busy. I went again the second time and was told he just left. During that time, seeing my colleague lying on two chairs joined together to resemble a bed, looking frail, I decided to take video with my phone where he narrated the story. At that time the Police Commissioner was there watching me without my knowledge and pretended as if he wasn’t aware.  

As I finished the interview, he came in and asked me to surrender my phone, bag and identify myself. I resisted because he had no identification; he was dressed in civilian. When I resisted after three attempts, he used force to seize my bag and two phones. Called his collaborators to put be behind bars for taking video in police station, resisting and disobedience. At that time he had taken my Press Card, phones and bags.
My statement was taken and I was asked to stay behind the ‘Counter’ for close to four hours.
Seems some calls were made after several persons intervened, he came and asked me to leave the Counter and follow him to his office where he made sure I delete the video I took, which was done.
But he never knew I had other photos in my other phone; the photos of Derrick you will fine below looking frail on a temporal sick bed.
I was released just at the time when the Chief of Cabinet at the Governor’s office came down upon instructions from the Governor to demand for my release.

GENESIS OF ARREST OF DERICK
Back in November 2015,a certain Tamfu met Derrick and proposed that a woman by name Bruhilda TANGEM was broke and needed to sell her car LT 222 CA. They all agreed at 1 000,000 FCFA. Derrick reportedly paid all the money in four instalments to the broker, TAMFU, who was expected to give to the owner, TANGEM.

In January2016, Derrick compiled documents, including signature of the lady and sales certificate and deposited at level of Transport Delegation for transfer of ownership and paid 130000 as charges. That document is still to come out.
That same January, we are told the owner of the car did not receive her money from the broker, so she summoned him, TAMFU, at Muea police station and they agreed that the broker will pay her money or give her a new car, for misappropriation.
Eight months now, the broker has not given the new car and the former owner of the present car now transformed into a taxi, went to the police and complained that her car has been stolen.
Derrick is arrested and forced to bring the car to the police station. But assistant state Council on duty after examining the report said Derrick should bring the documents of the Car. At the regional delegation for transport, the day he registered the document is there, but they cannot produce the said documents, eight months after.
Derrick has been detained since Wednesday, never appeared before state council even after spending more than 48 hours.

So the question we all as colleagues and even Barrister Kameni, the defense council is why should the woman sign an earlier agreement to have another car but comes back to claim ownership of the old one?
The woman in her early 40s was at the Muea Police station and kept insisting that she needs her car back, she reveals that the said broker, TAMFU, is nowhere to be found and that he has not responded to any of her calls.

It is alleged that Barrister Kameni insulted the state council, madam Mba and that she has vowed together with the Attorney General for South West to make the legal consultant  and his client to suffer for insulting the state council.
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The case has mobilized the entire region and it seems it is taking a tribal twist. It is even alleged that the woman has been sleeping with the broker that is still to be verified. It is also alleged that the two could be playing a deal to take the money of Derrick, connive and re-take the car.
Derrick is still in prison but will appear before the state council this Monday where his release is eminent.

The fight to release Derrick started with a step but we are there.
Thanks all for your unflinching support

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Prince Nfor Hanson

29.Aug.2016

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Mua Patrick

26.Aug.2016

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Atleast eight persons have died in BAFOUNDA, a village situated along the highway between Mbouda and Bafoussam in the western regionon Thursday, 25, August 2016.

A truck belonging to a brewery company violently hit a taxi leaving all 8 occupants dead. 

Eyewitness reports say, the overloaded taxi was manoeuvring to dodge potholes on the road when it suddenly slowed its speed, which led to the  truck  to crash into the it.

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Prince Nfor Hanson

25.Aug.2016

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