Ngar-Buh Inquiry Report: Wimbum Community Demands Befitting Lives, Not Befitting Burials.

By Raymond Dingana

The Wimbum community in Bamenda has challenged the government of Cameroon to give them befitting lives and not wait for them to die to be accorded befitting burials. Reacting to the portion of the inquiry report by the commission of inquiry to investigate what many now called the Ngar-Buh Massacre of Feb, 2020, many a Wimbum indigene asked the question as to whether the victims of the massacre have ever had a befitting life, asking why the corpses should be exhumed in the name of according them befitting burials.

As indicated by Nfor, an indigene of Ndu in Ndonga Mantung Division of the North West Region of Cameroon, befitting burials is a misplaced priority : “The people of Ngar-Buh and other areas in Ndonga Mantung Division need a befitting life and not a befitting burial. It is not even in our culture and tradition for people to be buried and the corpses exhumed in the name of giving them a befitting burial. Have the people of Ngar-Buh ever had a befitting life given to them by government, look at the pictures of the innocent children killed by the same people trained to protect them, see how shabby they were in the picture, did they look like people who have ever had a befitting life before? Despite their hardships, they were not still allowed them live”.         

Another area of the Ngar-Buh inquiry report which has equally come under fire is where it is indicated that, a military base will be created in Ngar-Buh: “Ngar-Buh is an enclave area lacking social amenities.  What they need now is not a military base. They need Portable water, Health and Educational facilities, Road networks and many others. These are some of the needs of the people which if put at their disposal will mean they have been blessed with a befitting life which can never come from a military base. It makes no sense to wait for people to die and when they are buried, you come again in the name of given them a befitting burial”. Ndifor said.

The number of those killed in the incident and many others has also been disputed both at home and abroad. With the result of the commission of inquiry charged with investigating the Ngar-Buh killings already out, calls are now coming from different areas for the warring parties to give peace a chance. This they say can only happen if and only if, they sit on a round table and start talking.

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