Colonel beats up police officer in Douala

A police officer on duty at the Commissioner of public safety at the 10th district in Douala was mercilessly beaten by Colonel Paul Charles Ndjebel, also Deputy Director of infrastructure at the Ministry of defence, and areas Tuesday, September 30, 2014.

The scene took place in the hamlet of carrefour citadel in the Ndogbong district. The Chief inspector of police, Julienne Bebock, regulated traffic in the area where she was attacked by this military man, who came from the queue of standing cars.

She was slapped in the face and stripes removed from her uniform. According to sources, Julienne Bebock was regulating traffic when a car suddenly went out of the cue. She approached the car and asked him to join the cue but Paul Charles Ndjebel, driver of the said car, refused to comply.

But rather, he exited his vehicle and began to slap the police telling her that he was a colonel, a witness at the scene recounted. He then removed her stripes and threw it away. Julienne Bebock brought out her phone to notify her superiors. "The Colonel grabbed her by the hands and threw her in his car, and took offy," says another witness.

Motorcycle taxi drivers immediately notified the Commissioner. Some chased the colonel who engaged in a mad dash through the streets of the district. Unfortunately, he was stopped not far from the cemetery at Ndogbong by a truck. 1 Assistant to the Commissioner and other officers caught up with him.

Paul Charles Ndjebel refused to present himself as a "uniformed civilians” but remained in his vehicle.

It was until the arrival of the Commander of the territorial brigade of Ndogbong, who came to the scene to ask about the situation, that Paul Charles Ndjebel presented himself as a colonel, Captain, and also Deputy Director of the fields and infrastructure at the Ministry of defence.

The Commander of the gendarmerie at Ndogbong and the sub-prefect of Douala 5th, also on scene, persuaded the colonel, Paul Charles Ndjebel to go and report himself at the brigade. Traffic was restored on this road after four hours of traffic jam.