Security Officers Besiege Douala To Prevent SDF Solidarity March

Security officers on Saturday October 21 were stationed in Douala main streets to prevent SDF MP, Hon. Jean Michel Nintcheu from holding a planned public march to manifest solidarity with the population of the Northwest and Southwest Regions.

Police and gendarmerie officers equally stationed anti-riot trucks on strategic junctions in Douala, blocking traffic along the trajectory initially mapped out for solidarity march.

The SDF Parliamentarian who doubles as Regional Chairman of the Social Democratic Front, SDF, was reportedly stopped after he had sworn to defy a government ban on the march.

Meanwhile, Kah Walla, President of the Cameroon People’s Party, who had voiced out her party’s support of the march, disregarded the government’s proscription as she was seen marching with other demonstrators in Bepanda.

Security Officers Besiege Douala To Prevent SDF Solidarity March

It should be recalled that the SDF sensitisation marches scheduled for February and March this year were all denied approval: prominently the announced demonstration on March 4 in support of “Federalism and national unity”.

The campaign was banned by Jean Marie Tchakui Moundie, Divisional Officer for Douala V in whose jurisdiction the sensitisation activities were scheduled to take place.

Cameroon security officers had equally surrounded the home of Hon. Jean Michel Nintcheu on Saturday March 4 to prevent him from holding the grand meeting and peaceful march in Douala to sensitise citizens on federalism and national unity.