Nigeria: Safety of Cameroonian refugees in doubts after suspected Amba boys shoot host community resident

Separatist fighters are said to have shot a man dead in Akwaya, a border subdivision with Nigeria.

Locals say a commercial motorbike rider was transporting a passenger to Utanga in neighboring Nigeria when they were stopped at a control post mounted by separatist fighters.

“The [Amba] boys asked them for money but the bike rider decided to start his bike and take off,” a local tells MMI, adding that, “One of the boys shot the passenger, a Mbororo from behind”.

The situation is said to have left Cameroonian refugees living in Utanga, Nigeria on the run for fear of retaliation from their host population.

Mimi Mefo Info (MMI)

Recent Posts

Impact-100 : vingt propositions et une question sans réponse claire, mouvement citoyen ou parti en gestation ?

L'interdiction de la conférence de lancement, ce samedi à Bonanjo, n'a pas empêché Impact-100 de…

2 days ago

Cameroon Remembers Rudolf Duala Manga Bell 112 Years After His Execution by Germans

Officials laying wreath at the grave of Rudolf Duala Manga Bell in Douala August 8,…

2 days ago

New World Vocational Training Institute: Menchum North MP to Support Registration of Trainees from Fungom, Furu-Awa Subdivisions

Hon Kum John Nji The Member of Parliament, MP, for the Menchum North Constituency, Hon…

2 days ago

Incarcéré après l’assassinat de sa maman alors qu’il avait porté plainte, Cabrel Zamboue est déclaré non coupable

Près de trois ans après avoir été arrêté dans l'enquête sur l'assassinat de sa mère,…

3 days ago

DEHFOPAD Launches Free Education Programme for Pupils of Government School Ebamut

The Dione Etiba Humanitarian Foundation for Peace and Development, DEHFOPAD, has launched a free education…

4 days ago

Locals Confront Eyumojock Chief Over FCFA 12 Million Ransom Taken by Son

Young people from several communities in Eyumojock Subdivision, Manyu Division, have joined former separatist fighters…

4 days ago