Garoua: Man killed while trying to rob Biya’s residence

Hamidou Bouba was shot on Tuesday, March 22, 2016, by the police at the residence of the head of state in Garoua.

The incident took place on the night of Monday to Tuesday, March 22, 2016. It was 2 am. At the residence of the head of state in Garoua, the police were alerted by metallic sounds.

According to Le Jour newspaper of this Wednesday, March 23, 2016, it was only after refusing to obey military orders that Hamidou Bouba receive on the left side of his body a bullet fired by one of the gendarmes.

Investigators said the thief came to steal grilled panels that protect the tank from the residence. At the time of his arrest, Hamidou Bouba had yet managed to move five panels.

In wanting to take the sixth, that’s when he got his “bad luck” for wanting to lift the panel, heavier than the others; this one slipped from his hands and the noise betrayed him.

Furthermore, residents testify that this burglar was not at his first crime. Many complaints have been recorded against one who was always surprised in the act of stealing, the newspaper said.

And as an escape, the deceased robber did not hesitate to brandish a certificate of declaration of loss of his national identity card, usually for several months out of date.