Bafut D.O Bans Check Point, Reminds Officers Of Their Job Description
The Divisional Officer for Bafut Sub Division, Diobe Elumba Didacus Elumba has banned what he describes as an illegal check point mounted infront of his office by the forces of law and order. He says, the job description of the uniform officers there is limited exclusively to securing the D.O's premises. According to a Prefectoral decision signed Thursday July 01, 2021, the decision banning the check point was arrived at after a series of complaints from the population notable road users about harrassements, assults and extortion by the forces of law and order taking guard at the sub Divisional Office in Bafut. The order further states that, neither police nor gendarmerie check point has been created around the visinity of the DO's office. The uniform officers were also warned against contravening the decision and that, the heavy hands of the law will not spare them. It should be noted that, it is a normal thing for security officers to pack their vehicles anywhere in Bamenda a