Govt official killed by unidentified gunmen in Yaounde

Unidentified gunmen have killed; a senior Cameroon government official at Biteng neighborhood in Yaoundé, our source gathered.

Maurice Akoa, Divisional Delegate at the Ministry of Transport for the Nyong-et-Kelle Division in the Centre region, was coldly shot dead by two unidentified individuals at Biteng right in front of his family.

Biteng is a secure residential area in the outskirts of the nation’s capital hosting prominent government officials like Chief and Prof. Peter Agbor Tabi, Assistant Secretary General at the presidency of the republic.

Cameroon Concord learnt from sources at the gendarmerie brigade at Nkomo that the tragedy occurred at around 22 hours in the night. Two hooded individuals burst into the home of the Akoa family. The attackers triggered the alarm of his car three times to lure the victim outside.

His son came out first to see what had triggered the alarm. His wife followed suit shortly after which the man himself came out. He was purportedly shot on the porch by these unknown gunmen at close range.