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The Anglophone Teachers/Lawyers strike that started sometime in November 2016 and later deteriorated to civil disobedience within the Anglophone community in Cameroon, is again witnessing another phase; this time the government has turned directly to fight against the church. Some say this is a battle gone wrong and are asking whether anyone, including the government can fight against God.
After the summons issued by the Bamenda Court of First Instance to Fathers, Sisters and Principals of catholic schools in the Bamenda early this week, the High Court of Buea has proceeded to issue a summons the moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Cameroon; the Right Reverend Fonki Samuel.
Christian Critics say the government’s special advisers have gotten it all wrong this time. “Nobody can win the church including the government of Cameroon. The church Alias “The Body of Christ” is a no go area. If the government of Cameroon has decided to wage war against the church, then it should be prepared to fight against God Himself” says a Christian critic.
Rumours also have it that early this week, the Head of the Baptist church in Cameroon was also summoned in Bamenda to answer charges yet to be unveiled.
However, many protesters are happy that the church will finally fully join them in the struggle.
“Victory will be ours now that the church will formally and physically join in the struggle. Who can dare fight against God?” asks a happy protester.
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Following the church summons to the catholic, Baptists and Presbyterian churches this week, sources say Bamenda residents have vowed to increase the number of ghost town days per week.
Asangama Michael Bunwi, trader in Bamenda says they are ready to multiply the number of ghost living in the city.
“The government has now touched the tail of a snake. We are planning to multiply the number of ghosts in this city to make sure that nothing that is organized by the government goes on well. This government has gone too far with its nonsense and this is the time to stop it” says angry Michael.
Muluh Markson, a catholic Christian of Ntarikon neighbourhood says they are right behind their church leaders and warns the government to be ready to accommodate the wrath of God.
Markson says “we are behind our Fathers, Sisters and Principals. We are praying ceaselessly to our God to lead them through these times. The government should also be ready to accommodate the anger of the Most High God”.
Pundits see the recent moves taken by the government through their many devices as worsening the situation of the crisis and slowly pushing the country to a more delicate position.
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At least four persons were killed in Cameroon on Wednesday morning, including a gendarme officer, after a Boko Haram suicide bomber attacked the locality of Kolofata not far from the Nigerian border. The attacker was among the four persons killed by his blast.
Cameroonian newspaper, L’Oeil du Sahel, said the attacker wrapped his deadly bomb in a mattress and placed it on the back of his bicycle.
He then pretended to be moving the mattress from one point to another when the bomb went off killing him, a gendarme (military police) named Moundjang Jérôme, and two other persons who were going to grind some grains, the newspaper said.
“The death toll for now is four dead, including one gendarme (military police),” said Cameroonian newspaper, L’Oeil du Sahel.
In another developing story, one person was killed and three girls abducted yesterday night in Mbereche, not far from Limani (Mayo-Sava) still in the same northern region of Cameroon.Locals and authorities blame the attack and abduction on Boko Haram.
Boko Haram has wreaked havoc in Cameroon since 2014, killing about two thousand people in over 500 suicide bombings and gun attacks and displacing hundreds of thousands.
Weeks ago, the terrorists the Nigerian leader Muhammadu Buhari once described as the “godless, mindless” militants threatened in a video to behead Cameroonian President, Paul Biya.
Mr. Biya, who has been in power for 35 years has never visited Cameroon’s far north and the terrorists may have wanted to cash into pent up anger already rising against a leader who spends months at his intercontinental hotel in Europe while his country is on fire.
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A suicide bomber has killed at least four people including a gendarme officer in an attack today in Cameroon's Northern town of Kolofata, according to local French daily newspaper L'Oeil du Sahel.
Residents said they heard a loud explosion earlier today at Kolofata- Northern Region. The bomber was suspected to be a Boko Haram member, the local newspaper wrote.
It seems to have become a daily affair in Cameroon’s far north region with regular bomb and gun attacks, which leave many dead and send thousands away from their ancestral land.
In all, Boko Haram has killed more than 2000 civilians in Cameroon since 2014 in over 500 attacks, including 50 suicide bombings. About 150 soldiers and policemen have also died during that unconventional war.
Thousands have been kidnapped and hundreds of thousands have been displaced. But Mr. Biya has not found time in three years to show solidarity to troops or populations running helter-skelter and wondering where the leadership is.
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The Information is confirmed by a close aid of the Moderator and later by the Communication Secretary of the PCC, Rev.MOKOKO Mbue Thomas who however said he has not yet read the summons but is aware that his Boss will appear in Court next week.
The Moderators message to Christians read thus, “Dear all, I have been summoned at the Buea High Court on Monday 24th of April 2017.The summons is in my name. We need your prayers. Moderator PCC.”
Last week some PCC Christians had dispelled rumors that the Moderator had been summoned.
The reasons for his summons have not been made but observers hold that it may be connected with the non school resumption in Presbyterian Schools.
The summons comes barely one week after Catholic Bishops in Bamenda received ‘Direct Summon’ form Consortium of Parents claiming the sum of 150.000.000 FCFA as special and general damages incurred by them as a result of the stalemate.
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This is the official residence of Felix Antoine Samba,a cousin to Cameroon's firstlady, Chantal Biya. Felix Antoine Samba is a Cameroonian civil servant who builds a castle worthy of the same level as the Sultan of Brunei. This castle is situated in Nyom, at the West exit of Yaounde, capital of Cameroon.
Felix Antoine Samba was Director-General of Budget at the Ministry of Finance of the State of Cameroon until early March 2017.He was promoted from that position to the admirable juicy post of Inspector General of the Budget and Administrative Services in the same Ministry. He had served as Director-General of Budget for barely over two years during which period he was able to embark on this construction.
The current minister of Finance, who had been forced to ironically work for him, had on several instances threatened to resign because of his co-worker's insubordination.
The big question that baffles all is, who protects such a character who keeps getting promotion amid such corruption and intimidation scandals?
How could a civil servant afford such a mammoth castle in a poverty stricken country with huge debts like Cameroon?. WHERE IS CONAC FOR GOD'S SAKE?
How can a gentleman who is not known to be the heir of a great fortune show such ostentation without the immediate interest of an institution which claims to be fighting against corrupt government officials? In Nigeria, last week, an anti-money laundering and economic crime organization confiscated a package of currencies estimated at some $ 50 million and presumed to be owned by the former CEO of Nigeria's national oil company (NNPC), meanwhile in neighbouring Cameroon, a deaf ear is given to certain individuals.
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