Bamenda: Prominent journalist killed with microphone in his hand

The North West bureau chief of The Advocate newspaper, reporter for Dream Fm radio and kick442.com has been killed in Bamenda by alleged separatist fighters.

Report says Anye Nde Nsoh was killed at about 9:00pm on Sunday May 7, 2023 while working in a drinking spot at Che Street during an attack.

Eyewitness report says he was shot with a microphone in his hand, as he was animating at the usual place where he works every weekend.

“He went out to buy batteries for the microphone and when coming in, a bullet caught him by the door. The shooting lasted for some seconds, but we thought that he was taking cover on the floor. It was only after we discovered and before taking him to the hospital he had died”

His remains have been deposited at the Bamenda regional hospital mortuary pending the burial program. Meanwhile, no group has claimed responsibility for the act. Government officials in the region are yet to comment.

Anye was lastly seen in public with his colleagues on Monday, May 1, 2023, during the International Labour Day in Bamenda. He later on left for Yaounde and returned on Friday to pick up a new job by Tuesday, May 9.

His colleagues in Bamenda have said they can not determine at the moment if Anye was targeted or was killed by a stray bullet. Though fingers are pointing at separatist fighters.

The Cameroon Journalists Trade Union, CJTU has condemned the act, calling for investigations and immediate sanctions on the perpetrators.

“The National Executive Bureau of the Cameroon Union of Journalists has learned with dismay of the tragic death of journalist Anye Nde Nsoh, a reporter for kick442.com, The Advocate newspaper, Dream Fm, and others who was shot dead on Sunday, May 7, 2023, At about 9 pm at a leisure spot on Che Street Ntarinkon Bamenda”

He leaves behind his family, friends to mourn him.