Villagers of Lower Bokova, Buea subdivision are progressively returning to their homes and farmlands after six years of terror rained on them by a certain individual claiming almost half of the village land.
The Minister of State Property, Surveys and
Land Tenure, Henri Eyebe Ayissi, annulled an irregularly established land certificate that handed 20 hectares of village land to a certain Nomen George Tchapchet.
In a ministerial order cancelling the said super land certificate , the Minister signed on February 1, 2022 under subject line, “Cancellation of Ministerial Order N1206Y.7/MINDCAF SG D6S200MSFof22/09/2021.”
“Your Highness, Pursuant to your petition whose reference and subject matter are mentioned above, I have the honour to inform you that, by Ministerial Order of this day, the annulment of Land Certificate N° 12241/Fako issued to Mr. Nomen George Tchapchet is maintained and Ministerial Order 1206/Y.7/MINDCAF/SG/D6/S200/MJ/SF of 22/09/2021, which rehabilitated the said Land Certificate has been declared null and void with all the consequences therefrom. Accept, Your Highness, my best regards,” Minister Henri Eyebe Ayissi wrote.
_Hired Thugs Continue to Terrorise Village_
Though the Minister’s order effectively reinstated ownership of the land to the natives and villages who have owned and farmed on the land for decades, there are still armed
men hovering around the village and concerned lands saying they have been placed there to protect over five hectares of land owned by
the Minister Delegate at the Presidency of the Republic in charge of the Supreme State Audit Office, Mbah Acha Rose.
The armed group is reportedly led
by a former military commander
Fobang Obadia who, the villagers say is telling everyone that cares to listen that his boss is Mbah Acha Rose and that she cannot be challenged by anyone, including natives
and the Chief. Using his connection
in the system, the commander is reportedly having his way with arming a militia to scare off villagers and prevent them from going to work in their farms.
Chief Ewule however said when he confronted Minister Mbah Acha, she said she does not own land, but the former commander still
maintains she owns five hectares
which he has been placed to protect.
Locals also attest that as middleman, the former Commander had bought land from Nomen and inturn sold to others, making a profit of about 200 to 300 percent. The people who bought the land from him are said to be on the man, urging him to give their money back, and as such, he has sworn that he will have
to die on the land, than see it slip away.
Locals like the Quarter Head of Unity Quarters, Beckly Nkongho, and others say they have had to evacuate their families for fear of what the armed militia can do to them. They however are hopeful that following the Minister’s decision, they will gradually get back their lands and farms.
He said the action will allow them have
back their ancestral sites where they can visit their ancestors whose graves are in the land that was taken hostage. He said the process
regain the land is a gradual process,
but is steadily on, and that community projects on the sites will resume.
Concerning security in the village, Chief Ewule said “We don’t want to take justice into our hands, so I will be writing to the Attorney
General to look into the issue of threats and insecurity in the areas. I will copy the Governor and others.”
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