Muea Prince Flees From Double Trouble
By Amos Njoh
One of the Princes of the Muea Kingdom, in Buea Subdivisions of the troubled Southwest Region of Cameroon is said to be on the run.
The Prince
whose name we got as Yannick Junior Molinge is said to have arrived Cameroon
from Germany where he is a student.
News of his
arrival spread like wildfire attracting the concerns of separatist fighters who
have a strong base in the locality.
Barely a few
days upon his arrival, we are told Yannick started receiving calls from the
fighters to support them financially else they would kidnap and kill him.
For fear of
being accused of aiding terrorism, he refused to support these boys in the
bushes.
Knowing that
he is from a royal family and that any pressure will definitely pay off, he was
kidnapped by the boys and his face tied throughout the journey to their camp.
While in
their camp, he was forced to call his family to rescue him by paying an undisclosed
amount of money.
Yannick was
released by the boys on conditions that he must continue to support them else
he would be kidnapped again and made a permanent prisoner of war for them.
When news of
his release got to town, security operatives started looking for him with the
intention of him taking them to the hide out of the Separatist Fighters.
After
explaining that his eyes were tied to and from the camp of the separatist
fighters, they didn’t believe him as a date was set for him to take them to the
hide out.
We gather
that since his last confrontation with security officers, Yannick is nowhere to
be found around Muea and its environs.
The scare
was even loudest when separatist fighters came out on Thursday 8 September in
Muea, killing five persons in a taxi before setting the taxi ablaze.
Since the
start of August, Muea and its environs has been in a stalemate as schools
remain closed, work grounded and there has been random hits and run, killings
and kidnappings by separatist fighters for ransom.
Last Friday,
a young man residing in Muea whose name we got as Kum Louis and one other were
brutally shot and killed by separatist fighters for no clear reasons.
This has
increased the risk and uncertainty about the next actions and victims of the
separatist fighters in this area.
Muea, Ekona,
Muyuka, right up to Kumba is a deadly stretch of road as far as the Fighting in
the SW Region of Cameroon is concerned.
It has
produces some of the most dreaded pseudo generals and witnessed some of the
worst atrocities since the clashes started in 2016.
The
Government of Cameroon through the follow up committee of the Major National
Dialogue to end the crisis says it is getting better, rather reports and facts
on the ground doesn’t say so.
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