Ndop: Amba fighters go on rampage after arrest of peer's mother, wife.

According to information gathered from inhabitants, soldiers stormed the village on Thursday July 25 and whisked away two ladies.

One of the women is said to be the mother of an alleged Amba fighter, while the other is said to be the wife of the supposed Amba fighter.

The Guardian Post learned that the act was allegedly carried out in order for the said Amba fighter to surrender, before his wife and mother could be set free.

In retaliation, a group of Amba fighters are reported to have launched an attack on the families whose children are members of defence and security forces. 

We gathered that the fighters moved from one house to the other on Friday July 26, kidnapping parents, mostly mothers and wives of defence and security forces who hail from Bamali village.

The Guardian Post gathered from reliable sources in the village that the group warned that they shall only free those they kidnapped after the defence and security forces must have released the mother and wife of their colleague.

Several sources in the village, including family members of the concerns, have revealed that they are unable to communicate with either those arrested or kidnapped, since they were whisked away.

"All of their phones have been switched off. We haven't received any calls, even from those who kidnapped them. We don't know what they want. The whole family is worried because we don't even know if they are safe or not," a family member of one of the concerns, who did not want to be named, said.

The Guardian Post has also learned that all efforts to trace the whereabouts of those arrested and kidnapped by both parties have been unfruitful.

This story was first published in The Guardian Post issue N0:3191 of Tuesday August 06, 2024