A 37-year-old man, said to be mentally deranged, and whose name MMI got as Ekwin Wilfred is wandering at Douala Central Prison (New Bell), where he has been detained since May 6, 2023, for working with Ambazonia separatists in the South West Region of Cameroon.
He was arrested in Buea a week before being taken to New Bell, and accused of “killing and complicity with Ambazonia fighters.”
A source who spoke to MMI from New Bell Prison said Wilfred is “very unstable”, from all indications, and has been unable to help investigators and prison authorities contact his family.
Ekwin Wilfred’s condition is dire, the source said, as he has no lawyer, no family member to visit him, no food to eat and no clothes to wear in prison.
The source who has ample knowledge on the Wilfred’s case, said the 37-year-old is facing four charges: complicity to terrorism, hostility against the state, killing, and non-possession of national identification documents.
Information gathered from him indicates that he was born in Kupe Muanenguba Division of the South-west Region to Ekwin Maurice and Ekwin Matta.
He was living in Molyko, Buea, at the
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