Gidado massacre: PM condoles with Mbororo community.

This was during an audience he granted a delegation from the Mbororo community, at the Star Building. 

It was led by the National President of the Mbororo Cultural and Development Association, MBOSCUDA, Adamou Amadou. 

The audience followed the killing of 14 persons of the Mbororo minority by Amba fighters in Gidado-Mbandfun, Ndu Subdivision, Donga Mantung Division of the restive North West Region last week.

PM Dion Ngute, during the meeting, also assured the Mbororo community of adequate security measures put in place by government for their protection and their properties.

The Gidado-Mbandfun attack, which is the deadliest in Ndu Subdivision since the crisis in the English-speaking Regions morphed into an armed conflict in 2017, targeted mostly the Mbororo community. 

The gunmen had stormed Gidado-Mbandfun, while the population was asleep at about 5a.m. on the day of the attack. They also injured 15 others, burnt houses and vehicles, killed cattle and destroyed properties. 

Addressing the disgruntled and inconsolable Mbororo delegation, PM Dion Ngute, said: “It is with a lot of sadness that I receive this important delegation of the Mbororo community, led by the President of the Mbororo Cultural and Development Association”. 

He added that: “This meeting comes after the horrendous attack of Gidado in the early hours of January 14, 2026. An attack that claimed 14 innocent lives. An attack that claimed the lives of innocent children, defenseless women, elderly. An attack that has caused a lot of tribulation and suffering within many families”. 

Dion Ngute regretted that at a time many were simply rejoicing for seeing the New Year, “messengers of doom decided to inflict such horrendous destruction of lives and properties, the burning of houses and the killing of cattle of innocent citizens”.

The PM stated that “immediately I was informed that morning [day of sad attack], I sent out a tweet to condole with the concerned families and to wish quick recovery to those in the hospital”. 

Enter MBOSCUDA National President 

Speaking to reporters after the audience, the National President of MBOSCUDA, Adamou Amadou, said they came to “express our sadness in front of the Prime Minister, Head of Government, on the ongoing crisis where Mbororos are massacred, their cattle taken away and killed”. 

Adamou detailed that during the Gidado attack, a child, as young as two years old, and a 72-year-old woman, were also killed. 

“The woman was the mother of another Muslim leader, who was killed by Amba fighters a few months ago. They took away all their goods,” Adamou stated.

He recalled sadly that the attack on Mbororos dates back to 2016, when the crisis in the North West and South West Regions started.

“The first victims were Mbororos and this has been ongoing till now,” he stated. 

PM’s words are reassuring 

He said after listening to the fatherly words of the Prime Minister, Head of Government, they feel more comforted and assured of their security. 

“The Prime Minister’s words touched us. Sometimes, you need to hear something that will calm you down, if not you will die of stress. So, the way the Prime Minister spoke to us has calmed us down,” Adamou said.

He reiterated the resolve of Mbororos to “continue to fight for the peace and security” in the country.

“Back home we are pressured, we are continuing to preserve peace, to build Cameroon. We are the only people who are really fighting to keep peace in the whole of the North West Region,” he stated. 

The MBOSCUDA president was categorical that the repeated attacks on Mbororos is a price they are paying for choosing to fight for peace. 

“If not of Mbororos, I don’t think one person will remain now in the North West Region. We are paying the price of that…,” he explained. 

Adamou sounded upbeat that with the assurances from the Prime Minister, and the way victims of the attack are being cartered for, things would become better for the Mbororos.

“…we have seen already how they have taken care of the victims and how they have put in place the gendarmerie. I think this is laudable,” he said. 

Those killed in the attack included; Raihana Tadi, 2, (female); Mohamadou Aminou Dairou, 2; Nana Khadija Amadou Tadi, 6 (female); Asmau Amadou Tadi, 9, (female); Basirou Jubairou, 10; Mohamadou Gaddafi Ali, 11; Aboubacar Amadou Tadi, 17; Jamilatou Amadou Tadi, 21 (female); Ladifatou Tura, 29 (female); Bibba Alhadji Tadi, 39 (female); Hajara Alhadji, 48 (female); Adama Suli, 50 (female); Alhadji Juli, 60 and Adama Alhadji, 70 (female). 

The Mayor of Ndu Council, Abdou Kanfon Borno, had linked the attack to “Ambazonia terrorists”, lamenting that “Ndu Subdivision is tired of these exaggerated killings and wanton destruction of properties by whosoever”.

Kanfon Borno affirmed that the attack is a “genocide against the fulanis” and defies the core values that guide humanity. 

This article was first published in The Guardian Post Edition No:3680 of Wednesday January 21, 2026