Bamenda: Gradual Return To Normalcy

The weekend featured more commercial activities with reassuring Security Forces around.

Unlike recent weeks, Bamenda was busier over the weekend with life virtually returned to the city. The weekend featured more taxis and more Commercial motorcycles on the streets, especially at Commercial Avenue. Most shops that were shot reopened for customers on Saturday December 10, 2016. Motor parks and inter-urban transport Agencies were busy receiving and dispatching some passengers returning from the plantations in the South West region to spend end-of-year feasts with family members in their respective divisions.

 The rush for food items at the City’s markets was evident. On most lips were prayers for things to completely return to normal. Meanwhile, security forces are prominent at most of the City’s junctions, poised to intervene in their mission to protect people and property and give peace a chance in times like this. Their dissuasive presence also frightens some inhabitants who prefer to stay back home. From his Up Station office, North West Governor, Adolphe Lele Lafrique has been appealing for calm and expressing the concerns of the government to families who suffered deaths, destructions and injuries during the unfortunate Thursday, December 8^th, 2016 clashes between security forces and s...