South West: President Biya Consoles Muyuka Accident Victims

 The message was read at the accident scene at Mile 29 Muyuka during an inter-religious service last Friday.

Saturday August 19 was considered across the South West Region and beyond as Black Saturday by many. 19 members of a local Buea group, Wana wa Wonja, perished at the infamous Mile 29 hill at Muyuka while returning from a night vigil in Muyuka. The bloodbath that occurred about 5 am that morning left two survivors; Emmanuel Mwambo Ndike (member of the group) and Njomo Rodrigue (assistant to the truck driver). To say prayers for the repose of the souls of the victims and cleanse the accident scene, Ekema Patrick Esunge, Mayor of Buea Council, also patron to the group and Nkeng Michael, Mayor of Muyuka, organised an ecumenical service at the accident scene at Mile 29 Muyuka last Friday September 1, 2017.
Reverend Dr. Ekoka Molindo, the ecumenical service mobiliser, reiterated the need to rest all hope in God in difficult times. “We can’t change what has happened. But for the families that are left behind, we can rally around them and share their grief together”. Other preachers drawn from the Roman Catholic, Baptist, Presbyterian, Islam etc prayed for God to cast away the curse along that path of the road. Reverend Father Malange took a step forward in appealing to God to create an enabling environment for schools to begin on Monday September 4.
South West Governor, Bernard Okalia Bilai, read a condolence message to the bereaved families from the Head of State, Paul Biya, which expresses the presidential couples&rsqu...