Murder of Kumbo Brigade Commander: He had been warned to leave the residence

For security reasons, the hierarchy had on several occasions warned the Kumbo Gendarmerie Brigade Commander to relocate from the present residence but he gave a deaf ear. He lived alone, about 200 metres from the Brigade.

On the fateful Wednesday night, August 10, 2022, in Kumbo town, Bui Division in the North West region, members of Bui Unity Warriors, an armed group fighting for the independence of the Anglophone regions, surprised Commander Minko Minthia Mario in his home. The incident occurred some few minutes before 7 PM.

Sources have it that his girlfriend was arrested by the separatists and asked to call the Commander and asked him to open the door. When he opened the door, he was ambushed.

“The door did not present any sign of a break-in and the key was on the door while it was opened from the inside and the key was still in it. This leads us to believe that the Commander certainly opened the door to an acquaintance,” a security situation report revealed.

He was shot five times with an M21 rifle. Two bullet holes were found at the level of the belly, one at the chest on the side of the lung, and two at the level of the arm.

At the time the incident was going on, other combatants blocked the road to the Brigade to prevent other Gendarmes from providing reinforcement.