Amba Boys Ignore Diaspora Ultimatum, Cast 3 Days Socio- Economic Paralysis With Raining Bullets

For three days from July 16, businesses were shutdown travellers were trapped at motor parks, perishables were rotting off in bags, wounded civilians unable to access medical care while the dead were quickly starched in mortuaries, as Amba boys and the military got entangled in a show of who controls the English Speaking Regions. Sporadic shooting from both sides kept the restive areas lifeless as people hid themselves in their houses for fear of getting hit by a stray bullet.

In the Northwest, hot zones were found in Bamenda in Mezam, Kumbo in Bui and Wum in Menchum where the elite forces strived like never before to content with the high power shooting coming from an ill equipped Ambazonia Defense Force. From information gathered from Wum, the Amba boys attacked a Police checkpoint with few elements and gruesomely took away the life of a young Constable still in his prime. Some of Amba boys are said to have sustained injuries and later escaped. 

In Bui between Kumbo and Mbiame there are reports of a gun battle that saw the life of an innocent civilian, brother to the Fon of Mbiame, a retired teacher wasted by the military. Many arrests are said to have been carried out in Kumbo within the three days ghost town. 

In Bamenda though the Amba Boy paraded the whole city, the real battle was at Azire Church junction where the military stood face to face with the Amba Boys. The courageous Soldier fired the first shot which according to some onlookers, the bullet did not pierce through the bare bodied Amba fighter and in return at short range the Amba Boy fired a shot with a local riffle and the Soldier slumped. According to this eyewitness account, from what transpired at Azire Junction he says, there is no denying that the Amba Boys are using some strange mystical powers that fortify them against bullet. Elsewhere there are reports of how the military had neutralized and even killed many though moving about with the tied red pieces of cloth which symbolizes mystical powers.The Amba boys had imposed a three day ghost Town across the two English speaking Regions much against calls from their leaders in the diaspora stating that only Monday be maintained. The Amba Boys ignored this call and held hostage activities in these Regions. The impact was also felt across the West and Littoral Regions as businesses also witnessed a drastic drop given that most customers come in from the Northwest and Southwest Regions.