Renewed Search For Ndop-Based Liquor Dealer Launched
By Eyong Tiku Security forces in the Northwest Region of Cameroon have reportedly launched a fresh search for Ndop-based liquor dealer, Francis Ngestia, who has been on the run for some time. According to sources, Francis’s wife was interrogated, arrested, and detained alongside his child to provide information on his whereabouts. Francis Ngestia has been entangled in trouble with both security officers and separatist fighters for a while. His business involved importing liquor from Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea to trade in Ndop, and it was flourishing. All was going well until July 5, when he was arrested at the Bamunka-Ndop Market, manhandled, and accused of trading arms with separatist fighters. Francis was also accused of holding huge sums of money in his accounts, which security officers suspected were proceeds from illegal activities. We gather that after explaining his source of income to security officers, he was released on July 20 on bail, with the possibility of b...