Muyuka: Soldiers feared dead as explosives blows up amoured cars.

According to reports, the soldiers were among squadrons of officers in at least two amoured cars.

The IEDs are said to have been buried in some sections of the road and detonated when the military cars drove on the area. Locals familiar with the incident detailed to The Guardian Post that the incident happened a few kilometers after the locality of Bafia.

The contingent onboard the amoured cars was said to have come to the end of its mission in Bafia and Munyenge villages. The team was said to be headed for Muyuka, when the incident happened. 

It is reported that earlier on Monday, the military cars had transported a new team of officers to take over from those who had finished their period of ensuring security in the villages of Bafia and Munyenge.

Reports hold that the new team had been installed in Munyenge and then Bafia, before the amoured cars left later in the day, with those who had come to the end of their assignment. 

Some locals are quoted as having stated that those who planted the IEDs may have walked through forest paths from distant localities as far as in Meme Division to carried out the attack.

Some locals told The Guardian Post that shortly after the incident, they heard unending sounds of coughing guns. Others said the continuous shooting left farmers scampering in the bushes. 

Others alleged that later Monday, they heard the sound of an aircraft, which they believed was a military helicopter hovering over villages across the Subdivision.

Farmers trapped, circulation paralysed

At dawn Tuesday, The Guardian Post gathered that scores of farmers from especially Bafia, who were returning from the farm after the incident, got trapped.  They are said to have been held for identification purposes, throughout Monday night breaking yesterday. 

Besides farmers, commercial motorcycles, vehicles and trucks, known for transporting cocoa, drinks and other goods along the Muyuka-Munyenge axis, were off the road yesterday. 

The incident involving soldiers is said to have sent a wave of fear across localities, with many fearing for the unknown.

Other persons who spoke to The Guardian Post said there was relative calm in the villages along the stretch but for circulation that was paralysed. It is also reported that the Muyuka Market that was expected to be opened on Tuesday, functioned below capacity owing to the attack.

Muyuka Subdivision has been one of the major hotspots of separatist activities in Fako Division. Localities such as Ikata and Munyenge, are on record to have suffered the deadliest of confrontations pitting security forces and separatist fighters. 

Security forces have succeeded to restore relative calm across the Subdivision but for occasional ambush attacks that have been recurrent.