Invasion Ikiliwindi- Bafaw Leaves One Dead, Houses Razed

 

By Epey John

Reports of an invasion in Ikiliwindi- Bafaw by uniform men have left one person dead and over ten houses razed.

The human causality on that fateful May 1, we are told happens to be an aged woman whose name we got as Joanna Malike.

She was helpless in her house when it was set ablaze amongst others, suspected to be hideouts of some separatist’s fighters.

Community members and those who witnessed the scenes from afar reveal that Ma Joanna Malike was faced with trouble on double sides.

That security forces believes that her granddaughter leaving abroad is supporting the separatist’s fighters with funding on the one hand and on the other hand, separatist fighters have threatened the Late Ma Joanna Malike severally requesting her to ask her granddaughter residing abroad to support them in what they termed, the struggle.

We are informed that sometime in February 2022 a group of separatists fighters had stormed the old woman’s house, molesting her before taking away the little money she had in her keeping.

After a second attempt on her life and those of her children, she gathered courage and reported the matter to the Local Authority stating that the gang keeps on asking her to tell her granddaughter, Evelyn Sakwe who leaves abroad to send them money or she will be killed anytime she sets foot in Cameroon.

The Local authority leader too was reportedly helpless since the separatists fighters are practically in control of the area for many years now coupled with a lot of uncertainties.

The male relatives who were leaving with Ma Joanna Malike who refused to join the separatist’s fighters are said to have been kidnapped by the fighters while the female relatives forced to flee to the bush for safety leaving her lonely, helpless and vulnerable till her painful death.

It should be noted that since 2018 when the crisis escalated into a full blown war, Ikiliwindi- Bafaw has been facing confrontations between the military operatives and separatists fighters.

This has made the village to be a shadow of itself, cut off with villagers having no choice than to flee in to forest for safety.

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