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Cameroon: Police Trail Littoral SDF Chairman Over Rumoured Protest


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The Post (Buea)

18 April 2008
Posted to the web 18 April 2008

Joe Dinga Pefok

Police officers, Sunday, April 13, trailed the Littoral SDF Chairman, Hon. Jean Michel Nintcheu, over rumours of an impending strike to protest the amendment of the 1996 Constitution by parliament to enable President Paul Biya rule for life.

The Post learned that the officers reportedly trailed Nintcheu from his Ndopassi residence to his office at Bonamoussadi till when he returned home at the end of the day.

According to Nintcheu, when he asked the policemen why they were dogging him, they said they were acting on the instructions of Wouri SDO, Bernard Atebede.

However, Nintcheu said when he contacted the SDO, he (SDO) claimed the security men had been assigned to protect him, like all other MPs, following threats by members of the public to lynch MPs for voting the bill for the revision of the constitution.

Nintcheu, who is also Vice President of the SDF Parliamentary Group, wondered why members of the public would want to lynch him when the SDF had boycotted voting the bill.

Nintcheu told The Post that he was convinced that the SDO had a different motive when he realised he was the only MP being guarded. The SDF MP expressed surprise that CPDM MPs that masterminded constitutional change were not guarded.

Nintcheu said he was trailed because of the rumour of a strike planned for April 14. He said the SDO's action insinuated that he was linked to the rumoured strike.The SDF Chair recalled how the local administration tried to link him with the February strike action that rocked Douala.

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Following the rumours about an upheaval in Douala, anti-riot troops were positioned in strategic parts of the city, like 'Rond Point' Deido.Those who did not know about the rumour were scared and felt intimidated by the heavy military presence.



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