The officer was on Saturday, March 16, 2019, burned alive by alleged separatist fighters in Bamenda, chief town of the North West region. Thousands of Anglophones have been displaced into neighboring Nigeria while hundreds are said to have been killed by security forces. Sources said Police Officer Tidike Joel was rounded off in the Alabukam neighborhood by suspected separatist fighters who after torturing him, poured fuel on his body and set him ablaze. The incident, we gathered, sparked shootings in the neighborhood as security forces hunted down suspected separatist fighters in retaliation for the murder of their colleague. Separatist fighters continue to multiply their attacks on security forces in the restive regions with leaving many dead.

Source: The North Africa Journal March 18, 2019 09:11 UTC