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Ngarbuh Valentine’s Day Killings: How Military, Fulani Extremists Exterminated Civilians

Mimi Mefo Info (MMI) by Mimi Mefo Info (MMI)
February 14, 2021
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By Tata Mbunwe

February 14 marks one year since the tragic killing and burning of at least 20 civilians, mostly children and women in Cameroon’s North West village of Ngarbuh-Ntunbaw, an incident government admitted was perpetrated by the military alongside Fulani vigilante members. 

Despite initially refuting reports of soldiers’ involvement, a Presidential communique later admitted soldiers and Fulani vigilante members killed 10 children and three women and attempted to evade evidence.

But the figures were more — and one year on, there is still no justice!

The #facts missing from this story ! | lots of #opinion ! | #Ngarbuh #Ntunbaw #Massacre: Ministry of Defense Contradicts Ndu DO In Controversial Communiqué – Mimi Mefo Info https://t.co/Fd1CP5gtXK

— RReed, MLIS | ??#freeAssange | #GazaGENOCIDE ! (@RobertR41182121) March 2, 2020

Human Rights Watch revealed, after an investigation, that at least 21 civilians were killed, among them 13 children and a pregnant woman, in an attacked conducted by government soldiers, alongside Fulani extremists.

#Cameroon: ?? 1 year since #Ngarbuh massacre. 21 ppl – including 13 children – lost their lives during a military attack. Perpetrators need to be held accountable. Families of victims deserve justice, https://t.co/IPImTnm9Or pic.twitter.com/fG7hKhlo0M

— ilaria allegrozzi (@ilariallegro) February 14, 2021

“… government forces, including members of the Cameroonian army, and armed ethnic Fulani killed 21 civilians in Ngarbuh, burnt five homes, pillaged scores of properties, and beat residents.

Human Rights Watch 2020

“The attack in Ngarbuh was not an isolated case, but part of a larger pattern of serious human rights violations by the Cameroonian security forces in the Northwest and Southwest regions since 2017,” said HRW on April 4, 2020.

The incident in Ngarbuh, a village in Ntumbaw, Ndu Subdivision, Donga Mantung Division of Cameroon’s Northwest Region, drew wide condemnation from rights bodies and international organisations, as government initially denied soldiers’ involvement.

The UN described the Ngarbuh incident as “a shocking episode in the ongoing crisis that has afflicted Cameroon’s Northwest and Southwest regions for the past three years.”

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Gov’t chews back words, admits guilt

In April 2020, government accepted soldiers killed 13 civilians, including 10 children in Ngarbuh, despite having said earlier reports of soldiers’ involvement were “fake, outrageous and misleading”.

In a communique signed by the Secretary-General at the Presidency, Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh, three soldiers were singled out for fronting the attack, including a sergeant, gendarme and a private first class.

#Cameroun @Sebastien_Nadot : « On ne peut pas rester silencieux après tant de massacres » #Cameroon : "We cannot remain silent after so many massacres"#Ngarbuh #KumbaMassacre #Bamenda #Buea #Yaoundéhttps://t.co/tSEfWioked

— NADOT (@Sebastien_Nadot) February 8, 2021

Government also blamed the local vigilante committee, whose members were yet unidentified, and the army battalion commander for failing to supervise the operation.

“The terrorists were engaged in all sorts of abuses against the local population (cattle rustling, rape, assaults, etc.) which warranted an intervention,” read a statement from the Presidency, admitting soldiers’ involvement in the killings.

Government promised to exhume the bodies of the victims, who had been buried in four mass graves, and give them a “decent burial,” as well as identify the rightful claimants in order to pay compensation.

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Mass Grave, Ngarbuh Massacre victims

The government also promised to investigate the situation further and to reinforce security in the area by setting up a military base in order to keep separatist fighters in check.

Targeted attack and attempt to distort reality

Government’s report of the Ngarbuh incident remained untrustworthy to many people especially after rights groups and other bodies began probing into the situation.

Contrary to government’s report about a separatist-military gun battle in the area prior to the Ngarbuh killings, US-based rights group, Human Rights Watch, conducted ground findings and established that there was no such gun exchange in Ngarbuh.

Le Chef de l'Etat Paul Biya a octroyé une enveloppe de 5 millions FCFA aux familles des victimes du massacre de #Ngarbuh#cameroun pic.twitter.com/ozST87uZi9

— StopBlaBlaCam (@StopBlaBlaCam) February 10, 2021

“Human Rights Watch spoke with witnesses and residents who said that there was no confrontation between armed separatists and security forces, that the killings were deliberate and aimed at punishing the population accused of harbouring and supporting separatists,” said HRW on its website.

Other reports which emerged after the incident insinuated that the Fulani who were invlolved in the incident wanted to “revenge” separatists’ maltreatment.

"Goment say deh give fcfa 80 million, fcfa 5 million each for families weh dia pipo bi die, but goment only promise. Moni no fit buy life"#NgarbuhMassacre 14 February 2021, first anniversary of Ngarbuh heartbreak ? ?
https://t.co/V4vuRnXosS

— Arrey E. Ntui (@ArreyMcNtui) February 14, 2021

#Anglophone Conflict: Remember #Ngarbuh!

"We used to celebrate valentine’s day before 14/02/2020 came,"

"And behold, the day became a burning flame"

"Our loved ones were chopped off by strangers,"

"As we wept all days and nights and now counts a year"
https://t.co/1eH27ueeZO

— Mimi Mefo Info (@MimiMefoInfo) February 14, 2021

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