Police Chief's Assailant to Face Trial

Anye Ephraim arrested May 26 is also charged with gunning former Buea Judicial Police Chief last year.

The judicial inquest of five armed robbers recently nabbed in various neighbourhoods of Douala has uncovered one of the assailants of former Judicial Police chief in Buea, Ajofoing Peter Ndinga, early last year.

Since news of their arrests went across the city, slum residents of Mambanda and Bamboutos in Bonaberi feel relieved of a series of heinous attacks and accusable underworld activities which plunged the area into no-go at certain hours of the night. Police transferred the accused to the Douala Military Tribunal for charges of murder, terror, and illegal possession of arms.

Ganged to two others, Anye Ephraim testified having shot Ajofoing Peter Ndinga at his residence chiefly in an attempt to avenge the arrests and detaining of cohorts. Before his transfer to hospital that night where he recovered from the injury weeks later, the robbers clashed with the police leaving two of the robbers dead while Anye Ephraim narrowly escaped. He later led a new gang that engaged in a series of robberies across slum neighbourhoods, finance institutions and street assaults operating from a hideout in Mambanda as confirmed by four written complaints by affected residents.

Besides, Che Ramson (29), Tchokote Julio alias Zidane (23), Njouh Ferdinand Chia alias Yoroboy (26) and Tabeng Romeo alias Bamenda (35) arrested that same May 26 were found to be in possession of two guns, cartridges, among other common weapons. Their zone of activity was Douala and Buea in the SW, where complainants reported several millions, cellphones, computer laptops, jewelleries and other properties looted.