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)

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