NGOME FLEES HOMELAND FOR 5 YRS AND COUNTING FOR SAFETY
LRC TERRORIST MILITARY SEND MEBOKA NGOME INTO HIDING LIKE MANY AMBAZONIANS
As the armed conflict in Southern Cameroons rages on, several innocent civilians caught in the conflict have been paying a heavy price. As solutions to the crisis are yet to be proffered, the human rights situation in Ambazonia remains worrying. Most civilians have become targets of the colonial LRC terrorists' defense and security forces. Several civilians accused of having links with armed Ambazonia separatist groups are indiscriminately being arrested, tortured, and detained under precarious conditions. Some have disappeared following their arrest. A certain Romanus Meboka Ngome, a well-known businessman in the town of Ekona LGA, near Buea, the capital of Ambazonia, is one of the victims of such brutality.
Ngome was forced by LRC terrorist forces who after his life after raping his wife and mother in front of him. Where can he be now, after 5 years of running? Here is one of the atrocities of the colonial LRC terrorist military on the people of Southern Cameroons. Romanus MEBOKA Ngome is just one case of too much of the inhuman treatment that Ambazonians are suffering at the hands of LRC. Trouble began for Romanus Ngome in 2018. While running a drinking spot, Ngome’s business joint was the center of attraction to many youths in Ekona, who frequently thronged his bar to relax.
As his drinking spot grew to become one of the most popular in the area, Ngome became the target of soldiers. In 2018, soldiers stormed his home at night in Ekona LGA. The terrorist soldiers stormed his house, and they began questioning him on his relationship with some of his customers suspected to be separatist fighters. Ngome was accused of collaborating with Ambazonia Liberation fighters, who are said to be regular customers at his business joint. UNDAUNTED learned that the LRC soldiers had told Ngome to his face that separatist fighters have been meeting in his bar to strategize on how to carry offensive attacks on the military.
After long exchanges with the soldiers, he is said to have stood his ground on the fact that he doesn’t collaborate with the Ambazonian frontline fighters. He had argued that he receives numerous customers in his bar, and can’t be responsible for the actions of those who patronize his business joint. But the terrorist LRC soldiers not being convinced by the narrative of Ngome, began molesting him. He was tortured mercilessly, living with severe injuries. His wife who watched helplessly as the thugs molest her husband was reportedly raped by the beasts in uniform. Ngome’s mother who was present during the raid was also raped in front of him and the children. Ngome was repeatedly beaten.
After several running battles with the LRC terrorist military, In June 2019, Ngome fled the country for an unknown destination. This was after he had received several threats to his life. UNDAUNTED gathered that soldiers have since launched a manhunt of Ngome whose exact whereabouts remain unknown. The terrorists have been making several rounds in Ngome’s neighborhood in search of him. In one of the raids in search of him, LRC terrorist soldiers are reported to have burnt down his house and business joint in Ekona LGA. His family members long fled the area. It is unclear what might happen to Ngome if he is caught by the colonial LRC terrorists. However, it is clear he will be charged with terrorism and handed a heavy jail term as has been the case with other civilians accused of links with Ambazonia Liberation fighters.
