Women’s AFCON: 700 Gendarmes To Be Deployed In Yaounde, Limbe

They were trained last week to beef up security and ensure free traffic flow.

The Women’s African Cup of Nations football tournament, AFCON, begins in Cameroon on November 19, 2016, with the host cities being Yaounde and Limbe. In order to ensure that the competition passes off peacefully, the National Gendarmerie last week trained 700 men and women to help beef up security and ensure safe travelling for those involved or interested in the tournament.

The new contingents are an addition to those already involved in law enforcement and traffic duties in the two cities. Brigadier General Elokobi Daniel Njock from Gendarmerie Headquarters was on the field on Saturday, November 12, 2016, on the Yaounde-Sombo highway in the Centre Region to oversee a road safety campaign. “The Women’s African Cup of Nations, AFCON, begins in the country on November 19, 2016. Having noticed that the number of accidents in the country has risen in the past weeks, the Secretary of State in the Ministry of Defence in charge of the National Gendarmerie, Jean Baptiste Bokam, directed that seminars be organised for gendarmes in Yaounde on November 9, 2016 and in Douala two days after,” explained Brigadier General Elokobi.

He added that he was on the field to see if the instructions of the high command were being respected. “In addition to the usual officers on highway patrol, 700 more gen...