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The mysterious passing away of the Bishop of Bafia , Jean Marie Benoit Balla, has remained a puzzle in Cameroon. Controversial declarations have taken centre stage, with suspicion hovering over the sky, especially from the public and the church.
The recent declaration of preliminary inquiries into the incident claimed that the Bishop might have drowned, as there was no 'trace of physical violence on the corpse.'
But before then catholic bishops in Cameroon had asserted in very strong terms that the bishop had been "brutally murdered".
As the investigation continues, there is a huge problem. The bishops may have to substantiate their"brutally murdered", as the Association of the Episcopal Conferences of Central Africa meets as from July 10, according to Cameroon-Info.Net, as it quotes La Nouvelle Expression.
The bishop reportedly went missing for about three days just to be spotted on the banks of River Sanaga. His car was equally found on the bridge over the river with a funny note "I'm in the water ".
The incident has been treated by some as murder while others say it's suicide.
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These pilgrims are waiting for their flights back to their towns; Garoua, Ngaoundere and Douala.
Since the feast of the Ramadan ended, these Cameroonian pilgrims have been blocked in Djeddah Saudi Arabia. They are waiting for the Ethiopian Airlines which had to bring them back to their respective towns in Cameroon. Le Jour newspaper related Yesterday 7th of July that, the victims of disappointment had earlier come to the Djeddah international airport on the 6th of July only to be stranded and then look for a hotel in town where they could lay their heads.
Alhadji Hussein one of the pilgrims in this situation revealed to Le Jour that “we are still waiting for the planes reserved for our Journey to Cameroon. The Ethiopian airlines have instead decided to transport pilgrims from Qatar, considering the diplomatic conflict between the two countries”. According to Aladji Hussein, the embargo put on Qatar is affecting the pilgrims.
A diplomatic source contacted by the Cameroon Daily revealed that Saudi Arabia had to receive 3 000 000 pilgrims for this small pilgrimage (the Oumra) and around 20 000 000 for the big one (the Hadj). But it seems like the Holy city had over 12 000 000 pilgrims this time, which is more than what is required. With this number, it is not easy to handle the transportation within a short space of time, especially as an embargo has been placed on Qatar who usually played a significant role when it came to the transportation of pilgrims.
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A Pastor whose name we got as Fabrice is behind bars at the Douala 3 Municipality for sexual assault on a lady. Fabrice 23 years of age was carrying out prayers at a resident when Pascaline a mother of one came in for a visit, the family invited her for prayers but she refused but the Pastor insisted and convinced her with a prophesy that she was possessed by some evil spirits.
The lady scared of this revelation succumbed to the pastor’s demand and the pastor scheduled a private prayer session with the lady in question. It was during this session that the pastor using secrete ointment on the lady’s body, touched her private part and the whole prayer session turned into drama session as Pascaline started screaming for help. The neighbors heard the screams which did not sound like those of a person under deliverance and rushed to the scene, the lady started narrating the story but Pastor Fabrice keeps insisting the story is fabricated. He said “I acknowledge having prayed for this lady but the accusations levied on me are not true”.
People have turned from traditional witch doctors to Pastors who can deliver them from spiritual attacks or illnesses instantly. The forefront of this phenomenon is the Pentecostal churches gaining grounds in our community due to the lucrative nature of the activity. Most people want to become ‘Men of God’ just become rich and by so doing tarnish the image of the real Men of God.
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The main prosecutor at the Centre Appeal Court has issued a communiqué claiming that there is no sign of violence on the corpse. Bishop Jean Marie Benoit Balla mysteriously disappeared at the beginning of last month. Three days or so later he was found at the banks of the Sanaga River. An investigation was launched to uncover the mystery.
In the meantime,the corpse of the servant of God has been handed to the church for burial. The investigation continues, they say. In the aftermath of the incident Catholic bishops in Cameroon had made a spectacular outing during which they asserted in very strong terms that their brother had been "brutally murdered", urging the powers that be to shed more light on the situation as soon as possible.
If the investigation ends up with a note like what was obtained on Tuesday, we wonder how disastrous the bishops' declaration could be . It had equally been rumoured that there were no signs of drowning on the corpse. It was said that investigators had not found water in the lungs, suggesting that the bishop had died before finding himself in the river. Tuesday's declaration is said to emanate from examinations done by national and international doctors on the remains of the bishop.
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His lordship Samuel Kleda declared during an interview which he granted to RFI today June 28 2017, that since tests were conducted on the corpse of the late Bafia Bishop, they have not had any documents on the results.
The President of the Episcopal conference was an African guest on the RFI radio this Wednesday. In the course of the exchange there, Samuel Kleda clearly affirmed that, 26 days after the discovery of the corpse, the Catholic Church is yet to have news on the evolution of the investigation that has been done on the death of Bishop Balla. “We are still waiting that they give us the results. We equally hope that they are at work”, divulged Arch Bishop Kleda.
While waiting for the results of the autopsy on the corpse of the dead Bishop, His lordship Samuel Kleda still stood firm on their stand concerning the cause of the death, which was taken during their extraordinary meeting which was held on the 13 of June 2017. It was concluded that Bishop Jean-Marie Benoit was brutally assassinated, even though no traces of brutality were seen on his body which was found in water on Friday June 2.
According to the President of the National Episcopal conference, His Lordship Samuel Kleda, the Catholic Church is being persecuted in Cameroon, considering the number religious men who have been sent to their early graves by unknown individuals.
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An atmosphere of confusion reigns at the Presbyterian Church Nsimeyong in Yaounde after the sum of 7 million Francs CFA is alleged to have been stolen from the church coffers.
According to information gathered, the sum of 14 million Francs CFA was collected from a fund raising on Sunday 18 June and added to 7 million Francs CFA which was already in the church coffers.
On the 19th of June, some Christians while coming to church early in the morning noticed the door to the office of the church treasurer open and they raised an alarm. It was discovered that the save in the office was forced open and the sum of 7 million from the 21 million was missing while 14 million was still intact.
Rev. Pastor Kang Denis while heading to Buea that morning was informed and he made a U-Turn to Yaounde to assess the situation and investigations have been opened.
Some arrests have been made for interrogation and an official statement is still awaited from the Synod Office.
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