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BAMENDA: TWO FEMALE STUDENTS OF GBHS BDA KIDNAPPED.

Two students of GBHS Ntamulung Bamenda were this Thursday 7th of November 2019 picked up by unidentified gun men around the Mulang neighborhood.

A source at GBHS Bda has said, the female students were on their way to school at about 8am when armed men picked three of them on a motor bike. Response from the military with gun shots around the area, forced the gun men to drop one of the female students while the other two were taken along with them.

The student who succeeded to escape the kidnapping sustained bruises on her head and body. She is presently at the regional hospital in Bamenda responding to medical attention.

The whereabout of the two girls is still unknown. Meantime, two students of the University of Bamenda ( females) were kidnapped last evening November 6th 2019 arround 3 corners Bambili in the evening hours. They were moving to their hostels from Campus.

The kidnapping for Ransom of school children is on the rise in Bamenda. Parents are force to pay sums of money ranging from 500,000frs  to 1.5 million as ransom to free their kids. 

The NW region as a whole is ungovernable as a result of the insecurity and the frequent gun battle between Amba fighters and the Cameroun government forces.

Source: www.makatinews.blogspot.com
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