Yakum Kevi Teuvih Shomitang II is finally free. The President of the House of Chiefs and Vice-President of the North West Regional Council, has regained his freedom after a year and a half of captivity with the separatists who rage in the North West and South West regions. The news of the release of the Chief Bambalang was announced by the sub-prefect of Mbiame, Ngoketunjia department. ” It seems that his captors fled when the BTAP forces from Koutaba arrived.“, Indicates an administrative source. According to the local press, the governor of the North West region Adolphe Lele Lafriquestated that “ Fon Shomitang II is healthy“, and leaves it to the Defense and Security Forces to communicate on the circumstances of this release” in right time».
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Fon Yakum Kevi Teuvih was kidnapped on December 7, 2021 at the end of the afternoon, by men armed with the formidable General No Pity, whose troops are fighting for the creation of the shadow republic of Ambazonia. The kidnappers had gained access to the Royal Palace of Bambalang and arrested the Fon whom they took away by force. Since then, the Speaker of the North West House of Chiefs has never been heard from again. Adding that, ” they weren’t fixed. They did Belo, Ngo-Ketunjia, Noni, Nkum, Kumbo, Mbiame and others with him. But the forces of intelligence were on their trail“, reports a relative of the sub-prefect of Mbiamein the department of Bui.
This happy ending of captivity comes a few days after the surrender of Sylvester Mbashie alias « China Ramboun », brother of General No Pity of sad reputation. This self-proclaimed general who has reigned supreme in Ndop and surroundings since the outbreak of the separatist crisis in the two Anglo-Saxon regions of Cameroon, whom the Cameroonian Defense and Security Forces announced dead a few months ago. Nothing indicates for the moment if the two events are linked. Still, since the announcement of the death of No Pity, the defense and security forces seem to be gaining more ground in the department of NgoKetunjia. It is certainly a victory which will have happy consequences for the return of peace to the North-West.
