A Communiqué from The Divisional Officer for Ndu subdivision, in Donga Mantung division, Adamu Shuaïbu Ibrahim has confirmed the death of the Regional Delegate of Penitentiary Administration and his entourage who were murdered by seperarists fighters, on their way to Bamenda after installing the Supritendant for Nkambe.
An except from the D.O's communique described the situation in which the Supritendant and other warders met their demise;
"The Regional Authority decided to follow Kumbo Road instead of the Magba road that he used on the previous day, while on his way to Nkambe. He did so without consultations ... His collaborator of Nkambe who was also returning to Bamenda warned against the idea and seperated from the entourage of his boss and followed the Magba road. Unfortunately at the entrance of Kumbo, Terrorist attacked his car and killed all his entourage", Divisional Officer Ndu, explained in his Communiqué.
Other information has it that the regional delegate of Penitentiary Administration, Mr Kigha Theodore was installed 4 days before his death, killed alongside three warders in Kumbo subdivision -Bui.
In recent years, since the beginning of the Anglophone Crisis turn an armed conflict in the Northwest region, Bui division has been described as one of the hostile areas in the course of the ongoing armed conflict.
By Ndefru Melanie in Bamenda