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Beer bottles in schoolbag

2011-04-16T12:01:00.000+02:00

Cameroon - Nkwem - by a correspondent - Three bottles of beer were recently found in a 6-year-old pupil’s schoolbag on his way to school. The toddler, whose names Feedback could not immediately obtain, by his uniform belonged to one of the government primary schools in Nkwen.

According to eyewitnesses the size of the bag this toddler was carrying to school that day surprised every onlooker. Many wondered aloud what could be I the bag. The child trailed along with difficulties. Some bigger boys of the same school were following him.

The secret of the bag became evident when the handle of the bag gave way and the bag fell to the ground. The boys following him heard the sound of bottles instead of books. Surprised at this strange sound of books the boys curiously closed up with the younger one and opened the bag. They were shocked that the contents: a bottle of Castel beer and two bottles of Guinness. They wondered what the child could be doing with beer in his school bag.

The incident attracted a crowd of passers-by who were all curious to know what was happening. Then the boy’s senior brother got the news and rushed to the scene only to find that it was his own junior brother. He then told the curious crowd that the drinks in question disappeared from their house a week ago and this junior brother of his had been the prime suspect. He took the drinks away from the child and told him to go to school and come back before answering any questions.

Corpse exhumed 12 years after, reburied in same grave

2011-04-16T10:52:00.000+02:00

Cameroon - Bamenda - By Cletus Ndi - The corpse of a man that was buried early 2000 was exhumed from its grave in the SONAC Street neighborhood in Bamenda recently amid curious onlookers. It was destined to be reburied in Banjah Bamenda I Sub Division but due to the fact that the perpetrators of the act had not completed the administrative procedures for such an act they had to return to the spot where they exhumed it and rebury pending the completion of the administrative procedures.

The coffin that bore the fateful corpse was still very clean since it was buried inside a cemented tomb. Sources told Feedback that this man had been a prosperous wife with many wives. Prior to his death he had willed that his corpse should be buried in Banjah, his village of origin and not in the compound he owned at SONAC Street.

Against last will

Upon his death some of his more influential children decided to bury him in the compound at SONAC Street, which he had willed for one of his wives who had no child, despite her wealth. It is rumored that the children did so in order to prevent the compound passing onto the family of the wife to who the compound was given. They thus violated the father’s last will. Sources further told Feedback that since the old man was buried in this place the family had known no peace. Some of the bad happenings included sudden unexplained deaths of family members, protracted unexplained illness and failure in business ventures.

Moving the corpse

In the face of all these catastrophes the family had to go into findings. After all their research they became unanimous that the father should be reburied according to his will. So they proceeded to exhume their father’s corpse with caring about administrative and traditional procedures. When they took the corpse to Banjah, the Fon of Banjah refused them from burying it and they had to return to SONAC Street where they reburied him in a shallower grave.

Corpse in same state?

The exhumation of the corpse set the rumor mill turning at high speed. Some went around saying that the corpse was found in the same state in which it was buried 12 years ago. When Feedback talked with one of the neighbors to the residence she said it was not true, she confirmed that the coffin was very clean and since it had a glass cover inside it was opened and the they could see the dress of the corpse which was very need but anyone who saw could see that the face was, which was the only exposed part of his body had seriously sagged. At other parts of the body the cloths he wore had seriously changed their shape.

Nobody to confirm the ghost

Another rumur was that the ghost of the man had kept on haunting the family. This, they said, was the reason why the children decided to finally respect their father’s will. However Feedback did not meet anyone to refute or confirm the rumor. According to family sources reburial was scheduled for March 20, 2011 after they have finished with all administrative formalities.

Wayward successor

Meantime in an interview over CRTV Bamenda one of the women of the compound explained that the young man who is the successor is overly wayward ad ambitious. Rather he is the cause of the problems in the family instead of the dead man. He is exhuming the corpse from the place probably because he wants to sell it. His father died when he was till very young, normally he is supposed to be traditionally installed as the successor but he has not been installed so far. His actions are very rash. So instead of blaming any mishaps in the family on the ghost of the man he, the successor, should rather be blamed.

Disappointed by fiancée: suicide

2011-04-11T09:01:00.000+02:00

Cameroon - Ebolowa - By Dingana Raymond - A boy whose only names Feedback obtained as Rene recently committed suicide in Ebolowa. Rene had been disappointed by his fiancée, a girl who had just graduated from the Police Academy in Mutengene.

The story goes that this girl who Rene had been sponsoring throughout was graduating from the Police Academy in Mutengene. Rene and his family members prepared well to attend their would-be in-law’s graduation ceremony.

No police attention

Rene received a rude shock when the fiancée paid very little attention to him when they reached. In fact she behaved as if there was no Rene around or she did not even know him. Rene could hardly believe this was the very woman he had sacrificed everything and sponsored her in school up the police school.

Dreams crushed

According to Rene’s family members the two were supposed to get married after the graduation ceremony. Unfortunately for Rene and his family members, when this girl returned from the Police Academy she boldly told Rene he had been dreaming all these years. That anything like marriage between them was far-fetched. Rene could hardly swallow the bitter pill and so decided to take his own life.

Dead case

In a note, addressed to his parents, that was found in his pocket as the body dangled from the rope, Rene accused his former lover of his death.

Grandson tries to burn granny

2011-04-01T09:38:00.000+02:00

Cameroon - Kumba- By a correspondent - A boy whose names Feedback obtained as Ignatius Etombe, about 45 years, recently attempted roasting his own grandmother to death with petrol in Kumba, the capital of Meme Division in the South West Region of Cameroon. The grandmother had been accused of witchcraft that led to many deaths in their family.

Reports reaching Feedback say this boy, who comes from a very big family that has been almost extinguished by death, has a very fiery temper. The deaths, the reports further say have been coming at very close intervals. All accusing fingers have been pointed towards this grandmother of theirs for being responsible through witchcraft.

Temperatures rising

According to family sources there was a family meeting that held in their compound in Kumba after the death and burial of another family member. During this meeting tempers flared to fever pitch. There were accusations and counter-accusations but the greatest went to this grandmother.

Ignatius explode

When Ignatius could bear it no longer, especially feeling he may be the next victim, he left the meeting and only to return with a 2-liter container of petrol. He poured the petrol on the grandmother, however some family members quickly intervened and rescued the old woman who escaped for her dear life to the Police Station for protection.

Run granny, run

At press time reports say she is still under refuge at the Police station. Also Ignatius has sworn that wherever and whenever he shall meet her he will snuff life out of her to prevent other family members dying from her witchcraft practices.

Dead man found in Lake Mbula

2011-03-29T09:05:00.000+02:00

Cameroon - Lake Mbula - By Dingana Raymond - A dead man’s body, whose name Feedback got only as Alex, was found floating on the surface of the Lake Mbula in Penja one day after the man was reported missing. He had gone to wash his bike in that lake the previous day.

According to some of his friends, Alex left the house that day to go and wash his bike at the lake. They warned him against swimming in that particular lake. The friends waited for Alex’s return but in vain. It was getting dark and they were wondering where their friend was. Finally they decided to mount a search for their friend.

The first place they went to was the lake Mbula. As they approached the lake they immediately saw his bike. The next day they found Alex’s body floating on the surface of the lake.

The traditional council of he area was immediately alerted along with the forces of law and order. As the tradition of the area demands, only special traditional people are allowed to go close to the lake.

The forces of law and order including the Army Rescue Unit were kept a little bit away from the lake for fear of any eventualities. After the traditional people had retrieved the corpse from the lake they then handed it over to the authorities.

According to sources from Penja tradition forbids swimming in that lake. It is clear that Alex might have defied that rule and decided to swim in the lake. Another hypothesis holds that some people might have killed Alex and dumped the corpse inside the lake. However investigations are still on to unveil the truth.

Father found dead dangling on a rope

2011-03-28T10:52:00.000+02:00

Cameroon - Mbatu - By Dingana Raymond - A dead man whose names Feedback got as Mr Nde Gregory was found hanging from a rope in Mbatu recently in front of his own house. It was on a day that coincided with a threat from his son who had threatened him and given him a four-day ultimatum to give his own share of family property or face the consequences of not complying.

According to relatives of that family, since one of his sons was freed from prison the family had never known peace. The ex-convict son had always been on his neck to give him his own share of the family property. Another relative testified that the son had given Mr Nde a four-day ultimatum to give his own share of the family property or face the music.

Mr Nde’s death occurred on the fourth day of the ultimatum. Some sources feel that Mr Nde might have killed himself because of the too many troubles while others felt the son had killed him in accordance with his ultimatum.

Whether the son killed Gregory or he killed himself is left with officers. The boy has been reportedly arrested for questioning.

Gunmen kill up to 9 in Cameroon bank raid

2011-03-24T10:47:00.000+01:00

Cameroon - Douala - March 19 Reuters/Reporting by Tansa Musa, David Lewis and Andrew Roche - Gunmen killed up to nine people and stole an undisclosed sum of money in an overnight raid on banks in Cameroon's port town of Douala, a security source and local media said on Saturday.

Cameroon is one of a number of oil-producing nations in the Gulf of Guinea region that has been plagued by attacks on ships and seaside towns that are often blamed on pirates.

"We suspect the pirates came on swift boats, parked the boats somewhere in the creeks and walked to Bonaberi (a district in the west of Douala) to carry out the attacks," the security source, who asked not to be named, told Reuters.

"They were about 25 in number and wearing T-shirts on which was written Delta", he added, saying that security forces were currently combing the nearby Wouri river for the assailants.

Elvis Nsom, an inhabitant at that neighborhood in an email describes the scene:

“Terror is the word that best describes the state that reigned in Quartre Etages Bonaberi Douala between 11:30 pm last night and about 02:30am this morning. A series of gunshots is what we heard for almost three hours. While some thought the ‘North-Affrican fever’ was catching up with us,others believed in explosives and some others thought some kids were playing with knockouts or fireworks at the wrong time."

"Early this morning only those who thought of robbery were right.Well armed bandits I mean, well armed!, attacked the Quatres Etages Eco Bank branch in Bonaberi, Douala. Five dead,many wounded, traces of bullets on walls and vehicles is the indelible mark this guys left behind. What a case!"

The questions of many is: How could these guys operate for close to 3 hours without any muscular intervention by our armed forces. Are they only efficient against unarmed harmless civilians? Infact are we safe?

“Those killed included members of a security firm, tasked with protecting the banks. And passengers of a bus and a man on a motorcycle”, the source said.

Independent Douala-based Equinox radio-television station confirmed the deaths during the attack but could not say how much money was stolen from the branches of Eco Bank and First Trust Bank, which were attacked. State radio put the death toll at five. Eight other people were injured in the attack, the security source said.

The Gulf of Guinea region produces more than three million barrels of oil per day and while piracy is not on the scale seen off Somalia, on the east coast of Africa, there are fears it is on the rise and nations are poorly equipped to handle the threat.

Boy tries drinking 5 liters of gas

2011-03-21T17:37:00.000+01:00

Cameroon - Bamenda - By Azeh Innocent - A boy popularly called ‘Politician’, resident in the Free Home Snack neighbor towards GTHS Bamenda, last March 3, 2011, reportedly attempted drinking five liters of kerosene. It was as a result of an argument with some of his friends and neighbors.

According to reports ‘Politician’ and his friends were somewhere discussing friendly issues. Suddenly, ‘Politician’, considered very talkative, said he could drink 5 liters of kerosene in 5 minutes. This assertion ignited a hot argument and the friends started throwing slangs and provocative words at him. They told him he was just making irrelevant noise.

Jolted by his friends’ arguments he asked his friends to put some amount of money so he could start the show. Without any waste of time his friends his friends put down the sum of 10,000 francs and promised to give him only after he had finished the 5 litres of kerosene.

They imposed a condition that 'Politician' had to drink the 5 liters of kerosene continuously without vomiting. He could vomit only after he has emptied the container. He was also to consume the five liters within 5 minutes.

‘Politician’ accepted all the conditions imposed on him and the five liters of kerosene given him in 3½ bottles of Tangui water. He raised the first 1.5 liter to put in his mouth but was stopped by a neighbor who hit the bottle off his hands as she knew the boy would die after consuming the kerosene.

‘Politician’ was very furious at such a rude interruption from the neighbor. However his friends were quickly able to discover his desperation and substituted the five liters of kerosene with 5 liters of water which he quickly accepted even before they finished talking.

Soon after drinking the first 2½ liters of water he broke the first condition by vomiting. He however continued drinking the remaining 2½ liters of water. He however succeeded in drinking the 5 liters of water in five minutes.

Immediately after finishing he demanded to have his money. He was refused because he had broken the first rule by vomiting after the first 2½ liters. A serious quarrel erupted between ‘Politician’ and his friends who argued that he had long been disqualified, in spite of the fact that he drank all the 5 liters, when he vomited after the first 2½ liters.

Man sprays Millions of francs on Street, exiled from village

2011-03-18T09:09:00.000+01:00

Cameroon - Kimbi - By a correspondent - A man from Kimbi Village in Bum Sub Division in Boyo Division, whose names Feedback could not immediately obtain, was recently exiled from his village because he sprayed a street in the village with several destroyed bank notes amounting to several millions of francs. The notes were all badly damaged.

According to Feedback sources in Kimbi this man was a very popular business man in that village. No one knew what he did with his own money because he was never spotted spending any money anywhere. It was thus only on this fateful day that he made the people realize what he had been doing with his money – hoarding it.

Destroying money to get rich

Angered by such unwarranted behavior the villages came out in their numbers and chased him out of the village. Some of the villagers accused him of belonging to some secret society which had given him the condition of destroying these bank notes in order to get richer, while others attributed his behavior to outright wickedness and greed.

Money doesn’t make happy

Up to press time every villager in Kimbi is still at a loss as to what could have caused this man to do such a thing. “Why would a person decided to hoard such a large amount of money only to destroy is such a village made up of some of the poorest Cameroonians?” one of them wondered. In his frustration he concluded, “Well, only God and this man know why.”

Sub-Saharan Africa censors Mideast protests

2011-02-23T15:31:00.000+01:00

www.cpj.org

Cameroon - int. desk - CPJ/New York - As news of Middle Eastern and North African protests swirl around the globe, satellite television and the Internet prove vital sources of information for Africans as governments fearful of an informed citizenry and a free press such as in Eritrea, Equatorial Guinea, and Zimbabwe impose total news blackouts on the developments.

Nowhere is the news blackout more extreme than in Eritrea, where the government has banned independent media since 2001. Typing "Egypt" in the search field of the government news website Shabait returns about 50 results, the most recent and relevant of which is a December 3, 2010, item titled: "Presidents Isaias and Mubarak conduct discussion in Cairo." Eritrean sources told CPJ, however, that satellite dishes in the capital Asmara's rooftops allowed people to follow the unfolding events.

Read more on: CPJ.org
http://cpj.org/blog/2011/02/sub-saharan-africa-counters-censorship-on-mideast.php

My father is denouncing my girlfriend

2011-02-23T15:23:00.002+01:00

Cameroon - Love and Social Corner - Hello, my name is Peter. I am a student of PCHS Mankon and I have been in love with this girl for 6 months. Recently I took her to our house and introduced her to my parents and they frowned seriously at me and especially at the girl. My dad warned me and asked me to keep far away from the girl. I am so worried more because I love her and my dad has not given any reason for me to stop the relation.

Peter

My dearest Peter, it is the duty of every parent to bring up their children in the best way possible. As a responsible parent the first gift from your parents is education and nothing more. Bringing a girl to your parents, no matter how good she is can never satisfy them. As a child you cannot climb the ladder of success with two things in your hands.

I am worried by a text message

2011-02-21T11:35:00.001+01:00

Cameroon - Love and Social Corner - My name is Loretta from GTHGS Molyko. I am 18 years old. The other day I was browsing through my boyfriend’s mobile phone and I saw a message that read: “It’s you I love and care so much for in my life. Thanks for the happy moments we always share together, you are in fact a darling”. When I got the message I was so worried and have been so suspicious of my guy. Please what do I do since he is refusing to give me any explanation?

Loretta

Loretta, your boyfriend owes you no explanation because he did not first of all show you the message. You, maybe, saw it because you are too inquisitive. The problem may not be the message but the interpretation and the conclusions you make for it. Remember that the fact that he kept it away from you means he still loves and respects you. Keep this respect and love by not forcing words out of his mouth. Rather do your investigations properly until you have concrete facts before you start accusing him.

My husband confessed cheating on me

2011-02-17T08:55:00.000+01:00

Cameroon - Love and Social Corner - I have been with my husband for 8 years and I loved and trusted him so much. I have never suspected him of any foul play until last week when he openly told me that he has been cheating on me for all these years. Since he made this confession I have been very worried. Please what do I do? Help me.

Stella – Limbe

Madam Stella, you need not do anything but to offer prayers to God for your husband. Thank God and pray him to take control of your husband. You never can tell what caused him to confess. Many men owe such confessions to their wives and very few of them have had the opportunity to get confessions from their husbands. So consider yourself fortunate and in order to get more of them don’t always react violently any time your husband tells you something you could not expect.

COMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS

2011-02-15T17:56:00.032+01:00

Cameroon - Int Desk Amsterdam - Press release from CPJ in New York - Global and regional institutions with a responsibility to guard press freedom are largely failing to fulfill their mandate as journalists worldwide continue to face threats, imprisonment, intimidation, and killings, according to Attacks on the Press, a yearly survey released today by the Committee to Protect Journalists.

African Union among Global institutions lagging in defense of press freedom ,

African government criminalizing investigative reporting

“While international law guarantees the right to free expression, journalists cannot count on a robust defense of those rights,” said CPJ Executive Director Joel Simon. “The recent unprecedented repression and persecution of journalists in Egypt, for example, provides an important opportunity for global and regional institutions to speak and act forcefully in defense of a free press.”

Attacks on the Press is the world's most comprehensive guide to international press freedom, with thorough analyses of the key factors that obstruct a free press by CPJ’s regional experts. It includes a special feature on the invisible nature of online attacks meant to curb journalists, including online surveillance, malicious software, and the elimination of news sites from the Internet.

CPJ found that a halfhearted, inconsistent approach to defending press freedom plagues institutions like the United Nations, the African Union, the Organization of American States, and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, among others. “While valiant special rapporteurs at various institutions battle anti-media violence, their efforts are stymied by a halting political will to guarantee press freedom,” said Simon.

With a preface by Al-Jazeera English anchor Riz Khan, the book provides an overview of media conditions in more than 100 countries along with data on journalists killed (44) and imprisoned (145) in 2010. Regional trends identified by CPJ include:

Africa:

A rise in investigative journalism has led governments in the region to crack down on journalists, particularly those reporting on the provision of basic services and the use of public money. From Cameroon to South Africa, authorities are moving aggressively to unmask confidential news sources, criminalize possession of government documents, and retaliate against probing journalists—all while governments across the continent, under pressure from donor countries, are pledging more transparency and accountability.

Americas:

Decades since democratization took hold in the region, a rise in censorship can be seen throughout Latin America, caused by government repression, judicial interference, and intimidation from criminal groups. In some countries, a climate of impunity perpetuates a cycle of violence and self-censorship. In others, governments abuse state resources to silence critical reporting, and powerful figures routinely utilize politicized courts to override constitutional guarantees of free expression.

Asia:

With a mixture of violence and official repression, censorship in Asia takes many forms. China’s anti-media policies are becoming ever more entrenched, even as local journalists test the daily guidelines flowing from the Central Propaganda Department. Asian democracies like Thailand, the Philippines, and Indonesia appear incapable of reversing the impunity with which journalists are being killed, while Sri Lanka’s peace dividend never materialized for journalists. Pakistan was the world’s deadliest country for journalists in 2010.

Europe and Central Asia:

Newer and subtler forms of censorship are taking hold across the region to counter the rise of electronic journalism, particularly in Russia and the former Soviet republics. These include the targeted use of technological attacks and the untraceable disabling of independent media websites. The physical violence already employed in several countries to harass and intimidate journalists working in traditional media now extends to bloggers. Meanwhile, journalists face restrictions and potential punishment from defamation laws and anti-extremism statutes.

Middle East and North Africa:

Throughout the region, governments are conflating critical coverage of counterterrorism with terrorism itself, claiming national security grounds to suppress news and views considered unfavorable. From Egypt to Turkey, sweeping national security legislation has been enacted, criminalizing the coverage of terrorism and politically sensitive topics. Iran leads the region in its abuse of anti-state charges, and from Sudan to Bahrain, authorities resort to threats, harassment, and restriction of movement to limit coverage and conceal controversial activities and flawed policies.

Is my home my castle?

2011-02-15T16:18:00.000+01:00

Cameroon - Love and Social Corner - Ashu is my name, I’m from Salvation Bilingual School Molyko Buea. I am in love with Alice but she does not know where I live. Am afraid to show her our house because it is not a modern house like theirs. I don’t know how she will feel if she knows I come from such a home. I need your advice.

Ashu

My dearest Ashu, anyone who is not proud of his or her home is a hypocrite. A home is a home no matter how it is. If a girl loves you truly then your home automatically becomes her home. Never pretend to someone you love by hiding your identity or your home because in some cases after he or she discovers it may not be the best moment for both of you. So take your girl and show her your home. If she loves you then she will be there, not because of your home but because of love.

The boy I love is related with me.

2011-02-14T15:32:00.000+01:00

Cameroon - Love and Social Corner - Good day to you and it’s my pleasure writing to this corner. My name is Carol. I am a student in ENS Bambili. I am in love with this guy who I later discovered is a relation of mine. It was when I accompanied him to a funeral and his father broke the news to us.

Since then the matter has been worrying me. I love the guy but he tells me we cannot continue. My heart is heavy and I am too worried. Please what should I do?

Carol

Carol,

You may have little or nothing you can do than to accept what you have been told and stop the relationship. The consequences of dating a relation are very dangerous so do all to avoid it. You should be glad that he was just your boyfriend and not your husband. Or else your worries should be on cleansing and purification which may cost you much. Keep praying and God will show you your true love.

Feedback,

Woman quits husband: no good sex

2011-02-13T14:27:00.000+01:00

Cameroon - Bamenda - By Dingana Raymond - A woman whose name Feedback, got only as Esther, living in Metta Quarter in Bamenda, has abandoned the husband’s home and is living with another man because she says the husband no longer satisfies her sexual needs.

Talking to Feedback, the woman said for the past three months her husband had not been able to satisfy her in bed. Asked why she had decided to abandon her husband for another man, she said she was merely protesting to see whether the husband was going to take her advice to see medical experts about his condition.

Stiff lips

When Feedback contacted the man in question he refused to comment. As far as Esther the wife is concerned she will only return to the house if the man has seen an expert who has solved his problem so that he can start playing his role in bed as he had been doing before.

Mentally handicapped beaten unconsciousness

2011-02-12T21:25:00.000+01:00

Cameroon - Bamenda/Nkwen - By Dingana Raymond - A man, who, judging from his behaviour was considered mentally handicapped, was caught stealing food from the kitchen of one of the tenants in a compound in Nkwen recently. He was beaten unconscious.

According to eyewitnesses the man was found eating beans in a kitchen which he had served from one of the tenants’ pots. From the way he ate, they say, he was really hungry. As he was beaten he continued to hungrily scoop beans from the dish and filled his mouth as he was shouting and crying.

Panic among aggressors

The beatings became so severe that the man couldn’t stand any longer. Unconscious, creating panic and fear amongst his aggressors. Some of them thought of alerting the Army rescue Unit but after a second thought, didn’t.

He survived, still hungry

Finally relief came by an elderly man. He admitted First Aid on the man and the hungry man was revived.

Lover husband gets beaten on New Years morning

2011-02-11T15:14:00.001+01:00

Cameroon - Tubah - By Dingana Raymond - A female student from one of the professional schools in Tubah Sub Division, whose names Feedback, got only as Belinda, reportedly nearly lost her life due to an attack from a housewife who caught her with the husband.

The incident reportedly took place at the Ngeng Junction at about 3 a.m. on New Year Day. According to eyewitness accounts this man had invited the girl to spend the New Year eve with him. She readily accepted the rendezvous. This man was ‘married with children’.

Up to the climax

After eating and drinking throughout the night of December 31, 2010 and into the morning of January 1, 2011, the couple decided it was time to crown the whole issue ‘the right’ way. They chose to do it in the man’s car that was packed somewhere at the Ngeng Junction.

Gotcha

Unfortunately for the man, the wife had taken one of the spare car keys, secretly opened the back door of the car and sat in waiting for the return of the husband.

Snake beating

The real moment came when the two reached the car and started kissing each other very intimately. Madame could not stand it. She dashed out of the car and hung on Belinda’s hair and kept pulling as if she wanted to cut off the girl’s head. She gave Belinda a snake beating as the husband stood speechless. Surely this was good lesson for all husband snatchers.

Arrested after burning husband's house

2011-02-10T10:30:00.002+01:00

Cameroon - Kumbo - By a correspondent - Reports from Kumbo in Bui Division mention that a woman was arrested on the 4th of januari, while trying to escape to Nigeria. She tried to burn down the house of her husband with him and his new wife in it.

The woman whose names Feedback, could not immediately obtain reportedly abandoned her home with their only child after a quarrel with the husband two days before Christmas.

Irresponsible: no x-mas gifts

According to our source in Kumbo, the husband of this runaway wife had refused her from returning to the house after she had left swearing never to return. She had accused the husband to be irresponsible when the he could not provide her Christmas needs. She then ignited a quarrel which served as an excuse for her to abandon her marital home taking away their only child.

Vacancy filled

When she left the husband decided to go for another woman. Who willingly and readily came in to fill the vacuum created by the first wife. It reached this woman’s ears that the husband had taken in a new wife. Probably angered and feeling humiliated, this woman who had vowed never to return to the husband’s house, packed her bags and returned.

Burn in hell

The husband had never taken her words lightly. He bolted the door against her and asked to go away to where she was coming from. To add insults on injuries when she arrived the man’s new wife just returned from the market and went to the kitchen where she start to prepare some delicious food. The runaway wife went and picked up a quarrel with the new wife and promised hell to the two of them, husband and new wife.

Quick discovery saved them

That same day late in the night a fire broke out in the man’s house and threatened to be fatal to the two of them. Luckily it as quickly discovered and brought under control saving the man and his second wife. Unfortunately for the runaway wife who had set the fire, she was spotted running away from the house that night.

Finally arrested

It did not take long for investigations to prove that it was this runaway wife that was responsible for the attempted arson. It was difficult to locate her, as even her family members claimed they did not know. Through some tip-off she was finally arrested in Nwa as she attempted to escape into Nigeria.

Internet scammers behind bars

2011-02-09T09:49:00.000+01:00

Cameroon - Bamenda - By Dingana Raymond - 4 Scammers behind bars for duping Indian of FCFA30 million francs (€ 46.153,-). Elements of the Judicial Police in Bamenda have nabbed four scammers, including a secondary school teacher, for internet fraude. Duping an Indian National. The four are: Ndah E., Nyambo S. (teacher in GSS Wum), his junior brother Nyambo D. and Nkenwi S.

Led by Commissaire Divisionnaire Mr. Mejabe John Enongene the Judicial Police in Bamenda succeeded in picking up Ndah E. on December 31, 2010. He named his accomplices. The police picked them all up and they are helping the police now in further investigations.

Cheater felt cheated

Trouble erupted, the reports say, at the sharing of the booty. One of the cheats, Ndah E., felt cheated and started running his mouth. He was picked up by the police and he did not hesitate naming the other three. These three had just breezed into Bamenda with their three brand new cars. Of a total cost of FCFA 10 million francs on December 15, 2010.

Interpol

Latest information says they have been transferred to Yaoundé where Interpol, the International Police, is waithing for them.

Greed

Nkenwi S. is a graduate from the University of Buea. He graduated just a month ago. Nyambo D. reportedly graduated from a shipping school in Ghana and just been employed in Douala. Thus from the looks of it all of these gentlemen are quite well-to-do, yet greed cannot spare them.

Fatal accident at building site

2011-02-08T09:42:00.000+01:00

Cameroon - Douala - Bonanjo - By Dingana Raymond - A 33-year-old man, whose only name Feedback, got as Parfait, was crushed to death by matter from a collapsing wall in the building site where he worked in Bonanjo in Douala. A large piece of mortar reportedly dropped on the man’s head and shattered his skull. Splashing his brains all over the place.

Sources close to the deceased Parfait told Feedback, in Douala that he had complained that morning that he was not feeling well and as such would not go to work. After he had taken some drugs he felt a little better and changed his mind and decided to go to work. His friends and family members protested that he should not go. He insisted and went.

Sat on a stone when the block came

Workers at the construction site testified to pressmen, when they visited the construction site, that Parfait came to the work site complaining and they saw that he was not really strong enough to work. He reportedly sat on a stone when the apocalyptic block came crashing on his head from the 8th floor of the incomplete building. His head was shattered, as he wore no helmet, and the brain matter and blood splashed the whole place. He died on the spot. The forces of law and order were immediately called in.

Businessman shot death

2011-02-07T10:54:00.000+01:00

Cameroon - Nkongsamba - By Dingana Raymond - Fokou Bertrand, a 37-year-old businessman in Nkongsamba, was recently shot to death by men of the underworld in his own shop. The incident reportedly took place at about 8.35 p.m. on January 11, 2011. Neighbours who heard the gunshots say they feared to intervene because they feared becoming victims.

According to the neighbours these men of the underworld invaded Bertrand’s shop at about 8.35 p.m. He was shot three times once in the chest and twice in his thighs. Bertrand who had previously survived seven of such attacks succumbed this time around.

Turn each stone

The forces of law and order in Nkongsamba are combing all the nooks and crannies to unearth the culprits

Boy tried to rape 8 year old

2011-02-05T20:13:00.000+01:00

Cameroon - Bamenda - By Dingana Raymond - A boy in Ndamukong Street in Bamenda is under detention for raping an 8-year-old primary school child. The boy whose only names Feedback, obtained as Samuel, is reportedly from one of the private secondary schools in Nkwen.

When Feedback, caught up with the boy in his detention cell at the Bamenda Judicial Police, the boy said he had not raped the child but only attempted to do so. He said the little girl had popped into his room some two weeks ago while he was cooking. She then started manipulating his phone. When he discovered it he went and seized the phone from her because it had some pornographic pictures which he did not want the child to see.

Did not, but tried to do so

When he kept the phone and went back to his cooking the girl picked the phone again and before he discovered she was already watching the pictures and getting very excited. He seized the phone from her and they started playing. He insisted that he never raped her but only attempted to do so since penetration was not easy.

Friends told parents

On how it was discovered he said the innocent little girl told her friends in the quarter and the friends in turn reported the matter to her parents. The parents then reported her to the police whereupon he was arrested. Investigations continue as he continues to be the unwilling guest of the police station.

Christians brake the peace and calm the fight

2011-02-04T13:27:00.000+01:00

Cameroon - Bamenda - by a correspondent - Reports from the famous Rendezvous Quarter in Bamenda say a taxi driver gave a resounding slap to a Pentecostal Church Pastor’s wife after she had switched of the meter supplying them electricity. The slap resulted in a brawl that was subdued only by the intervention of the Christians who were holding a meeting nearby.

According to eyewitnesses this driver and the Pentecostal Church Pastor’s family are neighbours in the quarter. Despite the fact that they are neighbours they have been living in total disagreement with each other. The Pastor’s family looks upon the taxi driver’s family as ‘devils’ as they do not go to Church and even on Sundays they go doing their business instead of going to Church.

Violent prayers, loud music

The driver’s family, on its part, felt that the pastor and his family were a nuisance as they always disturbed the driver’s family with violent prayers shouting very loudly. In order to wade off the noise made by the Pastor and his family the driver plays music from his musical set very loudly too.

Sick need peace

And so it happened that the taxi driver’s wife fell sick and needed some calm. She could not have it because of the singing and shouting of the Pastor and his wife. They also played drums very loudly together with their fellow Christians.

Pleaded for deafwoman’s ears

The noise became unbearable and the driver’s wife went and pleaded with the Pastor’s wife to reduce the noise. Her plea only fell on deaf ears. The taxi driver then made some contingency arrangements and sent the wife to the village.

Action, reaction

The following evening when the taxi driver returned from work he found that the Pastor and some of his Christians were holding an important meeting in his house. As the deliberations proceeded, the taxi driver started playing his music at full volume.

Restore the peace they broke

A few minutes later the pastor’s wife came and ordered him to reduce the volume of his music. The taxi driver refused. She then went out and switched off electric current from the meter. It was at this point that the taxi driver actually lost his temper and administered her a resounding slap. The slap generated into a fight and it took the Christians that were around to calm down the situation.

Join Virtual March Of Millions

2011-02-03T02:05:00.000+01:00

Cameroon - Amsterdam Int. desk - Join the Virtual March Of Millions on Facebook. And join the walk with the Egyptian protestors who are trying to free them selves from dictatorship. Take your freedom to help others to get theirs too. Facebook Virtual March Of Millions: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=126197157451259

Raped and killed in Nchualam

2011-02-02T10:18:00.001+01:00

Cameroon - Nchualam - From our correspondent - A housewife, whose names Feedback, got only as Mami Bih, was recently found dead and stripped of her dresses in her farm in the Nchualam neighbourhood along the Mbengwi road. Her rapists were not identified and police are still in the track to unearth them.

According to family sources and neighbours, Mami Bih after performing her household chores that morning and sending the children to school she left for her farm in Nchualam. The husband too went for his own business. When the children returned from school, they couldn’t find their mum. When they asked neighbours the children were told that their mother had gone to the farm. The children then did all their own share of the household chores in readiness to receive their mum from the farm.

Didn't come back

They had waited for long and at about 10 p.m. they instead saw their dad come home. The dad was also shocked that his darling wife could still be in the farm at that time. He waited for long and finally surrendered and went to bed while hoping that she will return. He had enquired from the neighbours who all testified they had last seen Mami Bih in the morning when she was going to the farm at Nchualam.

The stress killed her

Early the next morning Mami Bih was nowhere to be found. The husband and neighbours became more worried. The husband then decided to go to the farm to find out what could have happened that the wife had not returned. Behold when he reached the farm he saw the corpse of his wife lying naked. Though it was a hard and bitter pill to swallow the husband gathered courage and alerted the population and they immediately called the police who rushed to the scene. In the preliminary investigations that were carried out it was concluded that Mami Bih had been raped by a group of boys. Because she was not energetic enough to withstand the stress she died.

Investigations continue

Mami Bih’s corpse is presently at the mortuary of the Bamenda Regional Hospital pending burial while the forces of law and order continue with their investigations.

Boy pisses of other guest, drinks piss to keep the peace

2011-02-01T15:59:00.000+01:00

Cameroon - Bome - By Cletus Ndi - A boy whose names Feedback, got only as Johnson reportedly emptied a 65 centilitre bottle of urine into his stomach during a Ballroom Dance in Bome – Mbengwi Central Sub Division on January 1, 2011. He had been caught stealing people’s drinks while they were dancing.

Johnson, reports say, had this bad habit of stealing people’s bottles of drink while they were on the dancing floor during galas. He did it so often during this gala that one young man decided to set a deadly trap for him. So while they went to dance this other young man carefully filled a bottle of beer with urine and placed it as of it was beer on the table.

Piss off

He then took position somewhere and was spying as the beer thief moved around looking for a bottle to steal. He then grabbed the bottle of urine and took off to another seat. When he sipped from the bottle he realised it was not beer but urine. He carefully exchanged it with another girl’s bottle of beer that was nearby.

Taking the piss

The girl was dancing. The young man who had been monitoring Johnson’s mischievous moves now raised an alarm. He told the crowd what Johnson had done. Immediately the dancing stopped. They all moved towards Johnson. When Johnson was apprehended he pretended that it was mistake he had made and that he should be allowed to take back his bottle.

Pissing his pants

The crowd then forced Johnson to take his bottle of ‘beer’ and drink or face mob justice. Fearing death Johnson drank everything from the bottle. He later rushed out and started vomiting. Thereupon he was rushed to the hospital. At press time he is reported to have been discharged from the hospital after having fully recovered.

Queens force girl into marriage

2011-01-30T14:40:00.000+01:00

Cameroon - Buea - By Mancho BBC - A female Level 300 Economics student of the University of Buea who was caught and cowries forced onto her in Santa on December 28, 2010, signifying she was a royal wife, was released not long after when the parents of the girl and a lawyer stormed the overzealousness of his wives who wanted him to get another wife at all costs.

The girl, whose name Feedback, could not immediately obtain, was in Santa on the invitation of one of her friends and colleague to enjoy the traditional annual dance. When she came, the reports say, some kingmakers and women of the Santa Palace had mentally judged her to be fit for their Fon as a wife. They had thus hatched a plan on how to materialise their thoughts.

What to tell parents when your girl is being kidnapped?

While this girl in the company of her friends was innocently watching and enjoying the dance she suddenly saw a group of women walking towards her. They suddenly seized her hand and wore cowries on her wrists. Still in her confused mood these women dragged her into the inner courts of the palace despite her kicks and protests. The friend who had invited shouted and cried in agony, wondering aloud what she would tell the parents of the girl.

Stormed the palace

The news went round as fast as bush fire in harmattan. The parents got wind of it and immediately sought the assistance of a lawyer. The next day they stormed the palace in fury. When their presence was announced the Fon smilingly came out to receive them. After they had told him the object of their visit, the Fon surprised them by telling them how he himself was embarrassed with the queens’ actions.

One wife is enough

He added that he had told them several times that he was happily married to one wife and did not need another. He had never even dreamt of marrying another, the Fon reportedly reiterated. He had, on several occasions, reminded the queens to pipe down on their zeal to get him another wife for he was not interested.

Tradition: to force into slavery

He immediately ordered that the cowries should be removed from the girl’s wrist and let her follow the parents. He reportedly apologised to the girl and her parents for all the inconveniences the actions might have caused them. This action infuriated the kingmakers and the queens who felt disgraced. They swore that the Fon had violated tradition and as such would pay very dearly for that.

Fight over daughter’s corpse

2011-01-29T22:54:00.000+01:00

Cameroon - Bamenda - by Akoh Anderson - A serious tussle broke over the corpse of a young girl at the mortuary of the Bamenda regional hospital on December 12, 2010 when the mother and father of the girl, living separately from each other, each fought to go and bury the child. It took the intervention of the mortuary assistants and threats of curses from the mother before the father’s party gave up to the mother.

According to reports this dead girl, a mother of two, had been living with her mother since the parents had separated after a marital misunderstanding. The junior brothers had decided to live with the father. When this girl fell sick neither her father nor her junior brothers cared to pass around and check on her. When she died the mother took the corpse to the mortuary pending preparations for the burial.

Two graves for one and the same

On the day fixed for removal of the corpse two graves were dug: one in the father’s compound and the other in the mother’s compound. The girl’s father with the brothers hired some thugs and they literally invaded the Bamenda Regional Hospital mortuary in a bid to seize the corpse from the mother and go and bury.

Stiff resistance

It was no easy walk over on the woman. She and her company put up a very stiff resistance, especially with crying and shouting. The mortuary attendants then intervened and took the corpse back into the mortuary. During the bitter exchange the woman is reported to have pulled out her breast and cursed the children who were opposing her.

Refilled the empty grave

It was at this juncture, Feedback, gathered, that the children had to back out of the fight leaving their father weak and alone. The woman was thus allowed to take the corpse of her daughter and give her a befitting burial. The father took away his thugs and they went to his compound and performed some traditional rites and refilled the empty grave.

Woman attempts killing child with pepper

2010-11-01T16:18:00.001+01:00

By Mancho BBC - Market women in the Bamenda Food Market last September 10, 2010 rescued a child of 10 years from death after the foster mother had forced her to eat a good quantity of pepper. Even before they could get to her rescue the foster mother had already rammed down some good quantity of the hot stuff into the girl’s throat.

According to eyewitnesses when the parents of this 10-year-old died, this woman being a relative decided to take care of the child. For all this time the two had been living together with some other children. After some time this woman started maltreating this orphan and turned her into a house help. She did both domestic chores and the market ones.

On this fateful day this woman had sent the child to the market to sell. The poor little minor had not eaten anything since morning and so was hungry. She thus spent 25 francs of the money she had sold to buy something and eat. When the foster mother came she innocently reported to her what she had done.

This woman immediately went wild, caught the child and started forcing her to eat pepper. She forced some down the girl’s throat and the girl cried hysterically. Her cry attracted the market women who gathered and immediately fetched some palm oil and gave the girl to drink and rub her mouth with some. The girl’s mouth had immediately swollen, her eyes had become red and tears flowed copiously from her eyes.

At press time Feedback learnt that the market women have refused handing back the child to that wicked foster mother. More so because they discovered that the child had scars all over her body due to too much beating and severe torture from this woman.

University student makes love on father’s bed

2010-11-01T16:17:00.000+01:00

By Dingana Raymond - A student from the University of Buea currently on holidays in Balinyonga was on Sunday September 12, 2010 caught red-handed on the father’s bed with his girlfriend. They had seemingly just finished their affair as they were found in Adam’s suit. The girl reportedly fled in the same attire.

Feedback gathered that this boy had been making love advances towards this girl for a pretty long time. The girl, on her part, had been proving impenetrable given that she comes from one of the bourgeoisie class in the area. The boy’s admission into the university had surely raised his status, thus attracting the girl.

Still the same sources intimate that the young man met the girl at a ceremony in the village. There the girl gave in and they made a rendezvous. Unfortunately this boy had no decent place of his that could befit the girl’s status. He was simply perching with the junior brothers as all his luggage was back in Buea.

He was, however, daring enough to still invite the girl to their house. He had known that hi dad was going to travel to Bafut for a village development meeting where he was president. Consequently the young lover-boy was banking on the fact that he will finish his deal before the dad returned. He was wrong!

So when this girl came he took her to the dad’s room. Unfortunately for him the dad unceremoniously crashed back home and behold! His son was lying with a girl in his bed! All of them in Adam’s suit! In the midst of the situation the girl ran away naked, despite the fact that it was broad daylight.

Further reports say the father had sworn to put the son to order. At press time neither the girl nor the boy was anywhere to be found.

Tradi-practitioner shot dead for duping woman

2010-10-22T09:15:00.000+02:00

By a Correspondent - A man in his early fifties whose names Feedback got only as Didier, on August 17, 2010 is reported to have lost his temper and gunned down a fake tradi-practitioner in Deso Quarter in Douala for duping his wife with a fake drug. Didier is reported to have walked into the quack traditional doctor’s fake shrine and bulleted him.

It all happened in the evening of this fateful day. According to reports, this quack doctor had planted some medicine in Didier’s yard when he learnt that the wife had been suffering from multiple miscarriages. One fateful day he met the woman in the market and pretended to be a soothsayer. Having studied her life well he narrated everything about her to her. Very convinced, the woman then agreed to follow him to his shrine.

Asked for money

The day she went to the shrine the man asked for some huge sums of money but cautioned her to keep it a secret with the husband. He convinced her that the husband was the author of her miscarriages. By doing this he had planted seeds of discord between the husband and the wife.

Instructed not to sleep with husband

For a long time this man had serious problems with the wife. Periodically this fake doctor will give the woman some very nasty items to take to their home. The quack would instruct the woman not to sleep with the husband nor prepare him food. All this went on for quite some time much to the shock and consternation of the husband. He could hardly understand the wife’s behaviour. He wondered why she was treating him the way she was doing.

He removed the stuff he had buried

It reached a point where the man wanted to send away the wife. Then came the last straw that broke the camel’s back. The quack traditional doctor, already so full of himself unwittingly made an unceremonious visit to the man’s compound to remove the same fake stuff he had buried without the man’s knowledge. The quack had convinced this woman that the pot was buried by the husband to cause her all the problems she was facing. During the process of removing the pot the man was away and a crowd of people gathered to watch the scene. He finished his work and left.

She confessed her crimes

When the man returned he was briefed on the happenings. He had the wife beaten to near death. She finally confessed her crimes, narrating everything the quack doctor had told her.

Failed to escape

Immediately the man got the story he pulled out his gun, left his vehicle and decided to take but a bike ride to the quack doctor’s shrine. The quack doctor saw him he smelled danger. He was attending to some ‘patients’. He tried to escape but it was too late! The angry man lodged some bullets on his chest and he crashed down and breathed his last.

Patients feared for their lifes

Alarmed at this the patients ran helter-skelter bumping into each other as each looked for safety. They feared they may be killed like the doctor for they never knew what had transpired between the doctor and his killer. At the time of this report Feedback has not yet been informed whether the man has been arrested or not.

Landlord’s door stamped with excreta in Buea

2010-10-20T20:07:00.000+02:00

By Eric Sabum - Reports from Buea say a landlord in Molyko rose to discover his door stamped with excreta and some on the floor just in front of his parlour door recently. Some of it was splashed on the walls. The yet-to-be-identified perpetrators did the job and vamoosed in thin air unnoticed.

At daggers with tenants

It was one of the neighbours, who was the first to see it. According Feedback sources, prior to this day, the said landlord had been noticed to be at daggers drawn with some of his tenants who were UB students, over electricity bills. They students were complaining that their bills were too large compared with the actual bill.

Dance to landlord’s tune

Also Feedback learnt that the landlord had often boastfully told the tenants that anyone who did not want to dance to his tune could quit. The students must have considered this too much of an insult and an infringement into their rights. Despite this many of the students were able to afford while others could not.

Landlord cuts light

Feedback also learnt that at the end of the second semester, some of these students went for holidays without paying their bills and came back for their re-sit exams. When they came they realised the landlord had cut off their supply of lights from their rooms. This surely pushed them to start hatching mischievous plans against the landlord.

Landlord out for revenge

It was a shock for the landlord to see this mess around his house. The students all looked very innocent and no one owned up to the crime. At press time Feedback learnt the landlord had collected the faeces and promised cause damage to whoever did it.

UB Student Misses Death after aborting 6 months foetus

2010-10-19T13:05:00.000+02:00

By Sabum Eric - A Management student in Level 300 at the University of Buea was on August 24, 2010 rushed to one of the clinics in Molyko after she was pulled out from her own pool of blood following the abortion of a 6 months foetus. She is reported to have committed the abortion on the floor of her student hostel residence one afternoon after securely locking her door.

According to eyewitnesses it was one of her friends who discovered her after the act. Sources told Feedback that this girl, (names withheld), left Bamenda with her friend for their re-sit exam session in the University. When they reached Buea each of them went to her own students’ hostel residence. Before they separated they agreed to meet at 4 p.m. the next day to study together in preparation for their exam. They were to contact each other by phone, however, before they meet.

Advised her not to travel

Sources say that when she reached her own residence she began feeling abdominal pains. She had been pregnant for six months and had kept it a much guided secret even from her close friends. Feedback learnt that when she came for holidays she had contacted an abortionist who gave her some drugs to get rid of the foetus. The abortionist had advised her not to travel within that period, but having waited for long and the exam was at hand she made the choice to travel down to Buea.

So much pain

Immediately she arrived in Buea the situation aggravated. The foetus started moving in her womb. The movements created her so much pain that she collapsed on her floor. Just then the friend rang her number. The phone rang but nobody picked. She wanted them to go for the classes as they had previously agreed.

Lying in a pool of blood

The friend then decided to go to her room in their students’ hostel. There she found that the place was virtually deserted. She rang the friend’s number again but did not get any reply. She then decided to peep through the window. And behold the phone was vibrating by the friend’s side. She was lying in a pool of blood. She immediately alerted some neighbours who came and they forced open the door and rushed her to the hospital.

At the time of this report she is responding to treatment in one of the hospitals in Buea.

Testimony: I was asked to give 200 hundred souls and blood!

2010-10-18T15:11:00.000+02:00

When Derrick brought my invitation for the party I was so furious and at the same time anxious to be part of it. It was my first time to join this group of friends who were most renowned on campus. But the only small problem I had was my dressing on that day! Where was I going to get money to dress flamboyantly like the others of that group?

I noticed the way Derrick was staring at me as I contemplated. He smiled and told me he had read my mind and knew all my worries. He said is shouldn’t worry for he would provide all I needed for that day and for the occasion I particular. On the eve of the day he brought me a pair of shoes and very nice dresses. In fact I had never seen such before! I loved them so much.

That night I dressed up and found that I was OK. Once dressed, I felt myself in a very different environment. I was like a king sitting on a throne and issuing commands here and there. I saw money, wealth and many nice things I cannot really tell. I admired them so much and desired them. Then suddenly I returned to my real self. It appeared to me as if it was a dream and I was angry why this was not reality.

The next day I was set for the party. I waited impatiently for Derrick who finally came with the friends in a nice car. I had never seen that kind of car before. When we left in the car everything I saw was strange. It was as if I did not know where we were heading to. I wanted to tell Derrick my dream but he stopped me from talking.

We drove on and finally we arrived at the place he told me the party was to take place. What I saw was exactly what appeared to me immediately I put on those dresses the previous day... The only difference was that someone else was sitting on the throne on which I found myself in the dreamland.

Soon that person commanded me to move forward. Derrick and the others were seated on very sophisticated and comfortable seats around as I moved. Then this man told me that everything I saw around there belonged to me. I was the king and I was to command everybody and they shall all obey my commands. I shall be handed anything I desired at any time. But I must work hard to achieve this. Then he put on a new garment on me, then a cap and some liquid to drink. Immediately I finished drinking I got a confused noise of laughter all over the place. I looked round and could not see who was laughing.

Then the man on the throne showed me a bowl. Looking inside the bowl I saw money I had never seen before... I had never even seen in a dream. He asked me to get any amount that I needed. I stood confused. He urged me to go ahead for he knew my problem was money. Immediately I dipped my hand to scoop the money all of it disappeared. He laughed. He then gave me a stick to use, instructing me that he needed 200 souls and blood. If I did so, next time I dipped my hands into the money it will not disappear. Then I asked him where I was going to get 200 souls. He told me to use that stick and some powder and whatever I demanded shall happen. I was given three days!

Within these three days I could see the whole world and cause people to die. I flew to Nigeria and killed 60. Then went to Liberia and then to Kenya. My boss called me back to Cameroon. I went to Douala and caused so many road accidents along the Yaoundé-Douala road. Later I caused some more on the Bafoussam – Yaoundé highway and the Bafoussam – Douala Highway.

I succeeded in killing 217 people. My boss was happy and then told me to do him one last favour which was to eliminate my mother! But I loved her so much. Besides she was pregnant. How was I going to kill her? My boss gave me some liquid which I used. I just needed to touch my mum on any part of her body and she will start labouring whether she was ready or not. I did this and she started labouring. She was rushed to the hospital and she died in the course of delivery.

I soon became rich. But in town we found it difficult to operate as a certain pastor was worrying us. He had captured many of us including Derrick, but he could not try me since I was the assistant boss.

One Sunday my boss assigned me to deal with this pastor right inside his Church. This was a serious mission so he fortified me. When I entered the Church it was jammed to capacity with over 3000 worshippers. I could see everybody’s mind in Church. I could distinguish those who were strong in faith and those who were not.

In the whole Church I saw only 6 people who meant anything to me. They were the pastor, 2 guests he brought in, 2 elders and a single Christian. I was even more afraid of the pastor because his level of Christ could burn me to ashes instantly.

Once I stepped in he was the first and only person who recognised me and immediately went for his cross. He knows that is what I hate. Immediately I saw my boss from nowhere. He told me he was there so I should not fear. Immediately I stepped forward, something terrible happened in Church.

(…to be continued)

Headmaster caught making love with insane woman

2010-10-09T04:00:00.000+02:00

By a correspondent - A headmaster of one of the schools in Boyo Division was recently caught making love with an insane woman. The incident took place in one of the villages called Sho along the Bamenda-Fundong Highway.

The story goes that there was a funeral and a death celebration in this village and people had come from all over. In this village lived a woman who was originally fine and had given birth to children before getting insane. Her own insanity was not the type that made her walk around the streets but most of the time she was confined indoors.

Have to greet mom

It happened that these children who came for the funeral and death celebration decided that they could not go back to their destinations without greeting the mother. It was in the evening that they decided to visit their mother.

Hearing amorous noises

On reaching close to the house where she lived they started hearing some amorous noises from within. They stopped for quite a while and listened to be sure they were not having auditory hallucinations. Convinced that the noise was real they tiptoed back and invited more people, mostly youths. When the youths arrived they pushed open the door and behold there was the headmaster on the poor mad lady.

Mom protested

His coat was hanging from a peg on the local ceiling that had been well coated with smoke. The irate mob pulled him off the woman and took him out of the house naked. The mad woman followed protesting that they should leave him because they had not ‘finished’. As the headmaster was pushed away, amid boos and jeers, the woman followed pleading that they should allow him to come back so that they can ‘finish’.

Lust made him do it

Most observers were stunned at this act of the headmaster. As our informants described him he was a handsome gentleman, always in suit and for whom any girl could fall. They wondered aloud what could have led him into such an act. Some were quick to conclude that it was a cultic behaviour.

My mother is introducing me to a second man as a father

2010-10-07T10:39:00.000+02:00

Love and social corner - My name is Juliette and I am 18 years old. Sir, I am in a desperate situation. My mum is introducing me to a second man as my real father. The one I knew as my dad has been the person who has brought me up to what I am today. Now, what should I do? I am not only worried but confused.

Answer: Juliette, you need not be confused. A father does not necessarily mean a biological father. There are so many people in life who have been brought up from childhood by a foster father. You may happen to be one. All you need to do is to stay calm, and as a mature girl accept him as your biological father.

However, you should always pay tribute to the one that brought you up in life as a foster father. In whatever condition or situation in your life you must give him the first chance as your real father.

The boy I love is ready to dump a girl for me

2010-10-04T13:36:00.000+02:00

Love and social corner - Mireille is my name and I am 20. There is this guy I love so much but he has a girlfriend who is presently at loggerheads with him. He has promised me so much and is ready to dump her for me. Please what do I do? Should I accept him?

Answer: Dear Mireille, beware of boys who dump other girls for you, for they shall one day dump you for other girls. That fact that this girl has a problem with his girl does not give room for you to come in. Besides why are you coming in? Is it to put them together or to put them asunder?

Look very well my dear, don’t be overtaken by the promises. This is not supposed to be strange to you. Normally boys when in need of girls always make promises. They may promise the girls heaven and hell and after achieving their objectives dump them. So you must convince yourself well before taking a step.

I discovered the man I am dating is married

2010-10-01T10:03:00.000+02:00

Love and social corner - Good day! I am Rita from Molyko Buea. I love reading this corner of your paper. Sir, what kind of punishment should I give this married man who stole my heart just for me to discover later that he is married? When he came up to me he said he was single but I later found out that he was a liar. Should I tell his wife? I need your help.

Answer: Rita, telling his wife may not be a solution to the problem but staying away completely from him may do the magic. Consider you were innocent and now that you are conscious of the truth anything you do now is forbidden both by the Bible and Natural Law. In this case God can never protect you. Consider the life with him now as history and look ahead for your future.

Should I date only a rich girl?

2010-09-30T10:39:00.000+02:00

Love and social corner - Hi to you and God bless this paper and all its contributors. My name is Owen from Buea University. Sir, I wish to solicit your favor. I come from a very poor background and I am aspiring to have a family tomorrow. Many people have advised me that since I come from a poor family I should get a girl only from a rich family. Is it a right step?

Answer: My dear, love has no relationship with riches or wealth. Love is more concerned with the heart. If the heart is not there no love can exist. So avoid trying to win love through riches and not through the heart. And you must know that financial riches are not destined to any particular person on earth. If you meet a financially rich girl today and tomorrow she is not, what will you do? So date a girl from your heart because the heart is always there.

My husband is unproductive

2010-09-29T08:41:00.000+02:00

Love and social corner - Good day Sir! I am Magdalene and I have been married for 7 years. I have a lot of problems with my husband’s family who frequently accuse me as a barren woman. Sir, my husband and I have been to the hospital several times and it was proven that he was unproductive. Now the family does not know all this and my husband is not honest and willing enough to tell them the truth. How do I free myself?

Answer: My dearest Mado, what God knows about you is better than what people think or say about you. Mado, it is true that a majority of childless couples usually blame it on the woman.

But i will like to tell you that every home or family has a secret and such secrets must be kept secret. You and your husband owe no family member any explanation but it is very necessary to let them know that God’s time is the best and it is what you are waiting for.

If your husband truly loves you then it will be him to defend you any where and in any way he can. He must not allow you to bear a blame you do not deserve and make sure you guys hold God very high and firm and he can always spring surprises.

My girlfriend is so shy

2010-09-28T12:39:00.000+02:00

Love and social corner - Hello, it’s my pleasure writing to you. I am Bernard from Limbe. Please kindly help me handle my girlfriend’s problem for me. She is so shy. Any time she is beside me, she can not express herself. I’ve done everything but I see this as one of her character traits, but I love her. What do I do? I need away to cure her of this problem.

Answer: Dear Bernard, when your girl is shy, it does not mean she does not love you. She is simply suffering from a psychological problem especially when it comes to love and expression. Her up-bringing and her environment too can be the cause of this.

In some cases such persons grow into talking later in their lives. Avoid using a harsh method to force her into talking. All you need to do is to be like her and adopt her system so that she grows up in that system you have adopted.

But again know that there is body language in love which is very important. You need to study her ways and know what she wants through her signs.

A testimony: Magician Disappears after slaughtering boy on stage

2010-08-19T12:24:00.000+02:00

By Cletus Ndi - Ernest and I had both dodged from school that fateful Friday afternoon. It was one of those days we could not keep listening to the stories we had been hearing of the famous magician. By 3 p.m. the village hall was jammed to capacity. They were anxiously waiting for the august guest.

My dad had warned us

Prior to this I remember vividly how my dad had warned us not to set our feet at the place. He explained that the Chief had disapproved of this man’s visit to the village. However some hungry notables, for personal gains, had spearheaded the visit. Dad reiterated his warning that none of us should dare around the place as the man was too mystical.

Stories about this man

But Ernest and I could not afford to miss this opportunity, which for us was golden. We were highly enticed by the stories we got about this man. We had heard that this magician can command sweets, biscuits, etc to appear from space. He would distribute these to people and they enjoyed eating them for free. We also learnt that he could appear and disappear; cause rain to fall and the sun to shine and, above all, he could kill a man and resurrect him. We wanted to be living witnesses to these facts.

At about 5 p.m. his arrival was announced by a thunderous applause that almost split the village into pieces. There was total commotion as he went on to the already prepared stage.

Smuggled ourselves into the hall

The distance of the venue from our house as not long. Ernest passed and collected me and we moved t the place. We then smuggled ourselves into the hall. Unfortunately we bumped into Ernest’s mother who chased us away and told us to go back to the house. We only relocated to another position in the hall where she could not spot us easily.

Clapped, booed and jeered

Mr Magician Started his performances and people clapped, booed and jeered. They all stared at what he did with a lot of consternation and anxiety. Soon he cooked rice and stew on a piece of paper. He offered the people and they ate with a lot of gusto.

Kill and resurrect

Then the most exhilarating moment arrived. Mr Magician asked for someone to come on stage so he could kill and resurrect him. No one owned up. He then decided to move round the hall and get one person. His search ended with Ernest. Despite all the protest that Ernest put up he was dragged up the stage. The mother attempted to protest but as hushed by some of the notables that were around. I was trembling.

Oops: did not resurrect

The Magician then took a knife and started decimating Ernest. First, he cut of the arms, then legs and neck. He then covered the decimated body with a red cloth. He then sprayed some red powder on it while muttering some incantations. Soon he opened the cloth. Ernest was stiff dead. He repeated the process over and over yet Ernest did not resurrect.

Of course: Magician disappeared

The people were already coming to grips with the reality that Ernest was dead. Anger mixed with anguish was becoming very evident in the audience. Sensing danger the magician took some dust blew it into the air and disappeared and up to date has never appeared again. Ernest’s family collected the mortal remains and buried.

GCE Marker harassed for Unpaid Sex bill

2010-08-05T10:18:00.000+02:00

By Cletus Ndi - Residents of the quarter in Bamenda popularly known as 'Rendezvous' were on Sunday July 4, 2010 thrilled to an unusual drama between a GCE Marker and a sex worker. The incident was provoked by unpaid sex bills.

Quarrelling at Rendezvous

Eyewitness accounts say on that Sunday morning, at abut 5 a.m., a couple was heard quarrelling at the Rendezvous Junction. The quarrel attracted a crowd. The crowd was unable to know how their deal started but managed to find out that it was matter of unsettled bills. The two had disagreed over the bill, as the GCE Marker might have paid less than they had bargained on and so the prostitute had confiscated some of the boy’s important documents and made off with them.

Natural Blanket

Reports say this GCE Marker had temporarily rented a house around this place. So that night he felt ‘cold’ and decided to search for a ‘natural blanket’. So he stumbled on this young and succulent one and they struck their deal. As every love deal based on money always ends up when there is a breach of contract this one followed the same fate.

In the sex transaction he felt short

Thus at about 5 a.m. the prostitute feeling she had done her own part, expected this ‘gentleman’ to keep his own end of the bargain. He had fallen short, we do not know of how much. And so the disagreement ensued and the girl felt the best way to compensate herself was to take away the young man’s vital documents. The boy unable to stand it pursued her up to the Junction where he caught up with her.

No thieves of property

When people heard the noise they first thought they were thieves. It is .a common happening in that area. However they discovered a different thing. When the learnt of the truth they intervened and collected the boy’s documents and handed back to him and turned the prostitute going.

Kidnapped children offered to crocodiles as food

2010-08-03T21:01:00.000+02:00

By Cletus Ndi - A 54-year-old Nigerian in Warri in the Niger Delta State is to face charges crimes against humanity for feeding his crocodiles with children. He was arrested after his disabled middleman who used to kidnap the children was caught with seven kids in a taxi heading for their hideout.

His job was to kidnap kids

According to reports Yolland, a disabled had been this man’s worker for over two years on a very good salary. His job was to kidnap kids that were used as food for the crocodiles in a pond that contained 5 crocodiles. Reports say the crocodiles were particularly wild when they were hungry. It is not exactly clear why the man was keeping the crocodiles.

Crocodiles’ stomachs

Recently the disabled Yolland fell prey to security when he was discovered with over 7 kids in a vehicle transporting them to the pond. Further reports say although this man is disabled on the leg, he poses some unparalleled wisdom that can do the impossible. They say he monitors homes of the rich men and others and lures their children to follow him to an unknown destination. Their destination ends up being in the crocodiles’ stomachs.

A shady deal

When he was caught in the taxi with these kids he told a lie that he was taking them for doctrine classes. Asked where he was coming from and the parents’ authorisation he got stuck. The taxi driver himself was confused. The police concluded that there was a shady deal.

After serious torture

He was whisked off to custody with the kids. The kids’ parents were called to come and identify their kids and take home. After serious torture the handicapped Yolland spoke the truth. Immediately he led the police to the 54-year-old man who was picked up for further investigation. It was during interrogations that startling revelations were heard. Dozens of the missing children had been offered as food for the crocodiles. Investigations continue.

Woman faints at having been tricked with counterfeit

2010-08-02T15:36:00.000+02:00

By Dingana Raymond - A woman fainted at the Bamenda Food Market last July 5, 2010 after she had discovered that CFA 18.000 francs of the money she was offered the previous day was counterfeit. She had sold oil to some unknown customers who offered her that money.

Fake bank notes

Feedback could neither get the names of the woman nor the total amount she had been offered for the oil. Eyewitnesses say the woman had sold for several thousands and amongst the several thousands that were paid her 18 of them were fake bank notes.

Couldn’t stand and fainted

When she discovered this the next morning she could not stand it and so she fainted. When she swooned her colleagues at the Food Market rushed in to rescue her.

Circulation in Bamenda

The circulation of fake bank notes in Bamenda and elsewhere is becoming ore rampant than ever before. At first it was Naka in Bali that was noted for fake Bank notes, then it became Mile 4 Nkwen in Bamenda and soon it was Rendez-vous near Longla’s College in Bamenda.

Easily fall prey

In the Southwest Mutengene is noted for that and it has extended to Mile 17 in Buea. Some of these counterfeiters target the cattle dealers who are predominantly Fulanis. They have a soft spot for these bank notes because they love shiny notes. So they easily fall prey.

Target those without detecting machines

However, these counterfeiters have escaped from big shops because most of them have counterfeit detecting machines. They target only where these gadgets are not available.

Make a fast run

Usually they buy things in bulk and then mix the counterfeit with genuine notes. Elsewhere they may want to change a 10,000 note in an off-license after buying one or two bottles of beer. Sometimes they buy more so that the bar-seller is enticed since his/her aim is to make a fast turn-over. Such people always fall prey to these vampires. Beware and be warned!

Boy kills mother because of succession

2010-08-02T15:27:00.000+02:00

By Azeh Innocent - Reports from Buea say a boy whose names Feedback could not immediately obtain, recently poisoned the mother to death because he was in a hurry to inherit the late father’s property. The boy is reported to have confessed over the mother’s corpse before her burial.

Done all in her best

The story goes that this young man had lost the father some time ago. He was the right heir to the father’s property but was considered too young to be entrusted such responsibilities. The mother, a very devout Presbyterian Church Christian had done all in her best to prepare him for this inheritance. She had given him the best education she could in some of the best schools around the country. She never disputed the fact that he was the husband’s successor.

A plan to eliminate the mother

According to our sources the boy grew impatient. He considered that his mother was blocking his way from inheriting his father’s property. He thus hatched a plan to eliminate the mother in order to hasten his succession.

Poisonous food for mama

In his plan he put some poisonous substance into the mother’s food. As soon as the mother ate the food she became restless. She was rushed to the hospital where she finally died after a short while. Medical diagnosis indicated that she had eaten some poisonous substance.

Escaped but got caught

When her mortal remains were brought back to the compound the family members suspected the boy of being the cause of the mother’s death. They therefore tried to question him. Sensing danger and feeling guilty he attempted to escape. He was caught.

He confessed

Upon questioning he stood his grounds that he knew nothing about the mother’s death. Wisdom prevailed when the elders convinced him that nothing will be done to him if he spoke the truth. They flattered him that he was a brother to them in the family and so they could not do him anything. When he heard all this he cracked. He confessed he had killed the mother using poison.

Stand over the mother’s coffin and confess

Before his mother’s burial the boy was ordered to stand over the mother’s coffin and confess. He did just so and in the vernacular. His confession shocked many of those who understood the vernacular. They denounced the behaviour as despicable and appalling.

At press time it was not clear what had become of the young man.

Boy develops piles after defecating in corn farm

2010-07-18T13:01:00.000+02:00

By Abanda Marcel - The parents of a 17-year-old Ndzeka Titus are yet to get a concrete solution to his protruding anus. He developed this condition, which was diagnosed as external piles, on April 17, 2010. It is alleged that this boy, a school dropout, developed this condition after defecating in one of the corn farms in Vekovi in Jakiri Sub Division.

Magical potions

Sources in Jakiri say Titus is a young hunter and combs every bush in the village for game. One Mr Kinyuy, a native doctor, on his part, is very notorious for various dangerous magical potions around his compound he had cautioned people to avoid lingering around his compound.

Defecated in his yard

It was thus that Titus during one of his hunting sprees had been forced by nature to violate Pa Kinyuy’s rules and defecated in his yard. This was confirmed by Pa Kinyuy when he was consulted after a soothsayer had identified the cause of Titus’ piles.

Pains in his anus

Titus and his parents had gone to pa Kinyuy’s compound and he told them that he had seen a lump faces in his yard but could not identify the owner. So he did what he did on it. According to him whoever ad done it the person won’t be able to sit. He will not be able to defecate, and even when he did so he will pass out a lot of blood and feel a lot of pains in his anus even after he had returned from the toilet. He will have a running stomach and life will be very miserable for him.

From one traditional medicine man to another

These are exactly the things Titus went through. He passed out stool very painfully companied with blood. He could not sit on a chair. It was because of all these that the parents moved from one traditional medicine man to another, until it was the soothsayer that told them it was Pa Kinyuy. At press time he had started receiving treatment from Pa Kinyuy.

Epileptic UB female student withdraws from school

2010-07-18T12:51:00.000+02:00

By Cletus Ndi - Reports from Buea say a female student from the Department of Management in Buea University, diagnosed of epilepsy, has withdrawn finally. She had suffered a couple of humiliating bouts of fainting feats which had caused her to be a subject of ridicule in University circles.

Promised a hand

The girl (names withheld), who hails from Widikum in Momo Division of the North West region, is reported to have started showing signs of this dreaded disease at the beginning of the year 2010. According to some sources she had promised a hand in marriage to a young man and they had been in love for some time. Due to some unexplained problems the girl jilted the boy.

Never gave him an ear

During this period she left for the University of Buea to further her studies. This boyfriend of his, based in Bamenda, had tried all possible means to mend fences with her to no avail. During the Christmas holidays, for example, the boy is reported to have gone on his knees pleading for reconciliation. The girl unsympathetically never gave him an ear. Pushed to the wall, the boy promised her a very bitter lesson which she would remember for the rest of her miserable life on earth.

The first taste

It was on January 17, 2010 that the girl experienced the first taste of this dreaded sickness in her. She had fallen in front of her room in the students’ residential quarter and was foaming at mouth. Many of the students, especially the female students who were her neighbours escaped for their lives.

On her way to school

A few courageous boys took her to the hospital where she received medical attention. A few days later after this feat she fainted again, this time around at the popular Malingo Junction, on her way to school. She rolled in the tar for some time and when she got up she was too dirty and too ashamed to go to school. She thus returned to her room.

Fallen several times

Another disgraceful feat caught her in the Soppo Market. After this Soppo Market fall her parents were alerted and they tried all they could do to rescue the situation but all in vain. After that she has fallen several times again.

Bear the stigma

The news had spread all over the University of Buea and beyond. Unable to bear the stigma in her students’ residential quarter and in the university she had decided to quit and go for concrete treatment in her native village.

Nso Boy discovers fiancée as sister after impregnating her

2010-07-12T14:17:00.000+02:00

By Francis Bongsiy Ngo - A family in Kingomen in Kumbo Sub Division was thrown into total confusion recently when they discovered that a brother and a sister had engaged themselves in marriage. The matter was further compounded by the fact that the girl was already pregnant from the brother.

A girl he never knew was the sister

The story goes that a young businessman in Buea, a graduate from the university, fell in love with a girl he never knew was the sister. The girl whose names Feedback got only as Eveline was schooling in one of the schools in Buea. According to close sources the boy was born by Eveline’s father out of wedlock with a Bakweri woman. The two were not conscious of this fact.

Search for the father

When Eveline got pregnant the two agreed to get married and so Eveline decided to take her beloved fiancé to the father in Nso. The boy was aware that his father was from Nso but never knew him. He had seen him several times but his mother had never allowed him to get close to the father. He had thus planned that immediately he reached Nso he was going to search for the father’s residence.

Coming with the fiancé

The two travelled overnight from Buea and reached Bamenda the next morning. They immediately took a vehicle for Kumbo and from the Njavnyuy Park in Kumbo they took another ‘clando’ to Kingomen. Eveline took the lead and was directing the clando that took them from Njavnyuy to St Augustine’s Junction and later to Kingomen. She had earlier informed her dad that she was coming with the fiancé.

Recognized each other

The parents welcomed them heartily when the reached home. No longer than sooner an air of tension was noticed between the father and the son. They had recognized each other. The father moved into an inner room and then sent for the son. Before he could ask the young man a question the young man had already drawn his conclusion and was right. He then narrated the whole story to the father.

Mother weeping

Eveline’s mother was now called in. Eveline excitedly left from outside feeling that her dad and her husband were only concretising their marriage issues. To her greatest surprise she saw her mother weeping. Eveline was so curious to find out what was amiss. Even after she was told the truth she took it for a bluff.

Traditional cleansing rite

More reports say the family has convened a meeting to take a decision on such an incestuous act. However, our sources told us the two are determined to go ahead with their love whether a traditional cleansing rite was necessary or not. At press time the two had left for Buea.

Boy detained for raping female albinos

2010-07-12T14:06:00.000+02:00

By Dingana Raymond - A boy from the Ntarinkon neighbourhood in Bamenda is behind bars for allegedly raping a series of girls. The strange thing about it is that he rapes only albinos.

Notorious for rape

According to accounts from the neighbourhood this boy had been notorious for rape. His escapades were concentrated on albino females. His last catch was he one that landed him in trouble. He was caught and thrown behind bars.

Unscuccesfull scammer

Further allegations say this young man had been a scammer, albeit and unsuccessful one. Some of his friends who Feedback spoke to feel that the young man must be under a spelt that needs only divine intervention for him to be liberated.

Business woman parades self naked in public

2010-07-02T10:46:00.000+02:00

By Neba Jerome - A renowned business woman in Douala reportedly paraded herself naked in front of an anxious crowd around mid-day on May 13, 2010. She is reported to have arrived at the spot some 10 minutes before mid-day in one of her luxurious cars and at exactly mid-day she stepped out of the car, stag naked, but for her impressive high-heeled shoes.

Stepped out naked

According to eyewitness accounts the woman had driven to a particular hot spot in that quarter in one of her luxurious cars. After sitting in the car for about 10 minutes to 12 noon she stepped out naked and moved up and down as if she was performing a fashion parade. She then leant on her car few another few minutes. During her action she seemed to muttering some incantations. All this went on for over 10 minutes.

Advertising: attracting attention

The action attracted a very large population. Some the onlookers threw slangs at her, while other flung insults. A majority of them cursed her shouting aloud that this was the work of the devil. She was fulfilling some condition imposed on her by the devil.

Amidst boos and jeers

The crowd resulted in traffic jam in the area. Even the police who were called in couldn’t do anything as the woman continued with her action unperturbed. After she had finished she moved into her car and drove off amidst boos and jeers from the crowd.

Douala

This woman’s action on May 13, 2010 was not an isolated case. Several of such cases have been recorded especially in Douala. Prominent among them is the case of one woman who drove her luxurious car to Rond Point Deidou, stepped out of the car naked and climbed a statue in that area to the full glare of everyone who cared to look. She had stayed there for a few minutes and then left.

Marched naked

Another one was reported to have caused traffic jam along one of the streets in that town when she took out a bucket of water from her car, undressed and started bathing in public. Similar stories have come from Bamenda where a woman reportedly packed her car at the T-Junction and marched naked down to the Savannah Junction and back.

Mad man’s time

If it is not parading the street naked it is making love with a mad man. Some time ago it was reported that a woman packed her car along one of the streets in Doula, caught a mad man, made love with him and the man died a few hours later. Another one was probably not too lucky.

Taxi driver's service

She had decided to solicit the assistance of a taxi driver. Having received the money he asked for the taxi man went and arranged with one of his friends to pretend to be a mad man and wait for them at a certain point. At they appointed time they drove to the spot. The driver’s friend had a very nice time with the woman who thought she was making love with a mad man.

Housewife steals University student’s pants in Buea

2010-06-29T10:10:00.000+02:00

By a correspondent - A bitter quarrel ensued between two women in Soppo Buea, last May 8, 2010 - one, a Level 300 UB student the other, a housewife whose husband was a bus driver. The bone of contention was the discovery of some missing inner pants. The housewife finally confessed her act after putting up a weak defence only to be proven wrong.

And the story goes

That this female UB student lived with one of her relatives in Buea. Each time she washed and dried her inner wears she will always find that some are missing. She was at loss as to who could be the author of such mischievous and shameful act. She could not suspect anyone around as everybody to her was considered mature enough. She had lost up to 8 inner wears.

And concluded

Reports say on that fateful Saturday she went to the external bathroom which was used by all the tenants. There she was shocked to see her pants dried on a rope in this housewife’s bathroom. She took time to look at them very well and concluded that they were hers.

Raised the alarm

Some of them were already wearing out. Unable to control herself she raised an alarm. Everybody came out including the accused housewife. She was the first to start an argument. She could not sustain the argument for lack of evidence to overwhelm the glaring evidence

Turned down the offer

According to eyewitness accounts she caved in and confessed that it was one of her children who usually picked up some of her dresses from the drying line that mistakenly collected the inner wears. She confessed openly and promised to return the pants. The UB student turned down the offer...

Man transforms into snake, caught by trap, killed

2010-06-20T19:49:00.000+02:00

By a correspondent - The inhabitants of Matoh, small local settlement along the Kumba - Mamfe road in the South West Province, mostly made up of farmers, recently found a reptile in a trap that soon turned into a human being. They shot and killed it, despite the complete transformation that indicated the face of a 70-year-old inhabitant of the area.

Transforming into reptiles

Information filtering into Feedback news room says the face in the trap was that of a 70-year-old man who had been jointly and severally accused of transforming into reptiles and other dangerous animals like the elephant.

People’s crops

He did this and caused a lot of havoc within the community. Sometimes, the reports continued, he transformed into an elephant and destroy people’s crops. At other times he would transform into a boa and eat people’s animals like goats etc. He even transformed into some animals and suck out cocoa beans from their ripe pods and take to his own oven.

No evidence

Faced with all these the villagers were at a loss as to how to get him, because there was no concrete evidence. According to our sources, on the eve of Labour Day, on April 30, 2010 one of the villagers found a deadly boa constrictor in one of the traps he had set around his cocoa farm.

Loaded his gun

The snake was half dead. He then loaded his gun ready to finish the dangerous reptile. Just when he was about to fire he heard an awful noise from the snake resembling that of a human being. He was scared for some time but recovered from his fright and took position again to fire when he noticed that the snake was already assuming the shape of a human being. The snake had the legs of a human being but the head and body of a snake.

Should be butchered

The man stood confused as he stared at the human reptile. He then used his whistle to summon other neighbors from their farms. Before they arrived the human snake had again transformed completely into a snake. They proposed that the snake should be butchered rather than shot with a gun.

Bold people

One of the bold people moved towards the snake and by the time he was a few meters from it the snake transformed again into a human, this time around exhibiting a face that was unmistakably that of the 70-year-old man. This lent credence to their prior suspicions.

Not clear at press time

According to eyewitnesses when the people contemplated on all the mischief the man had been transforming into animals and doing they decided to kill it. He was thus shot and killed in the trap. The leader of the area thus informed, dispatched some three people to go and bring home the human snake from the bush. At press time it was not clear whether the old man had physically died.

Detainee attempts suicide in Mbengwi prison

2010-06-19T09:09:00.000+02:00

By Cletus Ndi - A certain Njofri, believed to be mentally imbalanced, awaiting trial in the Mbengwi Prison, reportedly attempted suicide by slicing his throat with a razor blade. He had been placed on awaiting trial for attempting to murder the mother. He was rushed to the hospital and rescued.

In a pool of blood

The story goes that was found right in the prison cell lying in his own pool of blood. A razor blade nearby confirmed a suicide attempt by trying to cut his throat. This was in the evening of that fateful day. He was immediately rushed to the hospital, in a state of coma. He had lost so much blood but the hospital authorities did their best to bring him back to life.

A dangerous detainee

Reports say this man had earlier attempted to escape from prison but was caught and brought back. After this escape attempt the surveillance over him became intensified. He was considered a dangerous detainee. This, perhaps, is why he decided to take away his life. The hospital thwarted his chances of dying and he was returned to the prison to await trial for his crimes.

Marijuana cause of problems

Meanwhile Feedback gathered that the family was very worried over his state. They said he always runs into trouble when he smokes marijuana. The smoking of this illicit drug has been the main cause of all his problems.

Mother evicts son from house because of meat

2010-06-16T10:06:00.000+02:00

From our correspondent - A young boy of 17 has been reported banished fro their home because he ate all the meat reserved for some visitors. The boy reportedly confessed later that he ate all the meat because they only bought meat in their house when a stranger comes.

In-complete

The story goes that this family had been preparing to receive some guests in the home. The preparation began the previous day which was a Saturday as the guest were to come on Sunday. They had bought all the food and by Sunday morning the preparations were not yet complete.

Big mouth

At 11 a.m. the awaited guests arrived. The mother then sent the son to go and complete the cooking while she kept company with the guests. When the boy got to the kitchen he made sure he ate all the meat from the pot. Sensing danger he escaped from the house unnoticed.

All gone

After assuring the guests of a meal she started calling the young man to bring the food. There was no response. She thus decided to move to the kitchen herself. When she reached the kitchen what she saw made her to almost collapse. All the meat from the pot was gone.

Taken it light

She was confused, especially after assuring the guests of a meal. She found no other alternative than to go and tell them the truth about the situation. The guests took it lightly and even consoled her, took leave and left.

Still dared

Noticing that the visitors had left the boy came back to their house. What he first noticed was that every belonging of his was lying outside in the yard. He still dared to enter the house but was repelled by serious whipping on his head.

Never buy meat

When Feedback, caught up with the boy he said he did so because they never buy meat in their house. He only tasted meat when a visitor was around. The mother on her part qualified the son as a recidivist. She swore she never wanted to ever set eyes on this guy again.

Forces of law and order conduct rampant raids in Bamenda town

2010-06-14T22:00:00.000+02:00

By Cletus Ndi - The inhabitants of Bamenda town especially around Nkwen and Old Town have experienced a series of raids from the forces of law and order recently. During the raids any person who did not possess an identity card was arrested and detained. The operation led to the Central Police Station in Bamenda being filled with people who were surprised by this raid without ID cards. Most of them were arrested along the street.

Forces stop any vehicles

Wherever this move is coming from and for whatever reason that it was motivated many denizens in the town have frowned at it saying that it is was good move badly conceived since it is coming as a surprise giving to no room for victims to explain themselves. According to what is happening these forces stop any vehicles along the road and force out all passengers who lack ID Cards.

Without any search warrants

They move right into the quarters and enter private homes, without any search warrants, and confiscate all appliances that do not have receipts. Since the operation started, so many quarters and residences in town have been visited, usually at very ungodly hours. Hundred of pieces of electronic appliances have been confiscated pending identification and collection.

Police identification

As a result the police identification posts in Bamenda are packed full of people trying to establish their identity cards. This is an indication that the raids were to an extent right as many people have been found to be very careless about their identification papers. They had abandoned them at the Radio stations in town even after it was announced that their ID cards had been found. There are still many UD cards in Abakwa FM in the PCHS Campus pending collection.

Pastor caught making love with Chairman’s wife

2010-06-13T23:51:00.000+02:00

By Neba Jerome - Christians of one of the Pentecostal Churches in Akwa Nord Douala are yet to decide over the fate of their Pastor whom they caught making love with the Church Chairman’s wife last May 9, 2010. The Church Chairman was also the leader of the Church’s youth group. The Pastor has not been able to set foot in the Church again since the scandal occurred.

Admiring the woman

The incident took place in the evening hours during a retreat session in preparation for a crusade the next week. The Christians were all asked to fast and pray. They also had to give the Pastor ample time to rest. Hence nobody was supposed to visit him during that period. It was during this period that he made arrangements with this woman. He had been surely admiring the woman for long. The Pastor’s wife and children were out of Douala. The woman thus smuggled herself to the Pastor’s room. In their ecstasy they forgot to close the door.

Fate would have it

As fate would have it one of the Church elders, a woman, went to give food to the Pastor. When she reached the house the doors were all open and there was no noise. She dared into the room and discovered the illicit couple in full action. Shocked at the incidence she unconsciously shouted and attracted the attention of the Christians in Church and some of the neighbours around and they came gathering like a swarm of bees around a hive.

Swift enough to dress up

The couple was swift enough to dress up and before many people came they had already dressed up. The Chairman is reported to have resigned immediately and sent away the wife. The Pastor is yet to return to his congregation.