Cameroon: Opposition criticizes commission created by the Government to investigate the Eseka train accident

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SDF Vice President, Joshua Osih, criticizes a decree calling for the creation of an independent commission to investigate last week's train accident that claimed more than 400 lives, leaving nearly 1000 injured in the capital city of Yaounde.

Osih claims the commission members are responsible for the accident, citing reports from local journalists. "It can never be objective and would never be public."

He calls for a forceful opposition that would disband the commission that has a 30-day mandate to produce an independent report.

Meanwhile, as the country observed a national day of mourning on Monday, many Cameroonians in the capital city Yaoundé expressed fury with how long-term president Paul Biya had handled the aftermath of the worst train crash in the central African country’s history.He missed the opportunity to show his compassion for families affected by the train crash at Eseka by refusing to attend even one of the numerous masses and church services organized in Yaounde on the occasion of a National Day of mourning he declared from abroad!

The crash happened in Eseka, 75 miles west of Yaoundé, en route to Douala, Cameroon’s other main city. Biya had been out of the country for weeks, believed to be in Europe, without any official explanation for his absence or his whereabouts. He finally returned on Sunday evening, some 48 hours after the accident, which also left at least 600 people injured.