Bamenda: Gunmen attack Nigerian actor, kill five in bar shooting spree
Heavily armed gunmen attacked a bar in Mile 3 Nkwen, Bamenda, North West region, leaving five dead and about nine others injured, CNA learned.
A Nigerian Actor, Sylvester Madu was the target as gunmen stormed the bar where he was having a nice time with movie crew members.
Sylvester Madu alias Shina Rambo is in Cameroon for a movie titled Abakwa ( a movie denouncing drug abuse). But Bamenda which is popularly known as Abakwa is not a safe haven. Separatists in Cameroon’s Anglophone regions have made the City one of their strongholds.
Other sources said the men identified themselves as Separatists and asked the bar owner why he didn’t pay tax before hosting the Nigeria actor. When the shooting started, the bar owner hid Sylvester inside the VIP section of the bar.
Security forces who came to the area successfully shielded Sylvester Madu to a safe place but the damages of the attack were disastrous.
At least five died while several others were injured and taken to PMI and Bingo hospitals.
A security source revealed that Keneth Ndifor, Ngayer Belinda Musaah, 29, Awah Boris, 18, Abdu Asiru, 23, and Nga Bohila Sandra, 19, were the deceased victims of the attack.
