North West : Dreaded Separatist Drops Weapons, Joins DDR

The notorious ex-fighter says, “you cannot fight the government and win.”

A notorious separatist fighter, who has been reigning havoc in Santa, referred to as Grand of Santa, not to be confused with Grand of Pa of Bali, has dropped his weapon and joined the Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration Centre in Bamenda alongside five of his comrades. He said he realized one cannot fight the government and win and more so, picking up arms put his family through enormous suffering. He consequently called on the fighters still in the bush to emulate his example assuring them of their security saying fears that they would be killed or poisoned were unfounded. He however, urged government to speed up the process of reintegration so that their ability to generate income on their own will inspire the others to equally drop their weapons and join the DDR Centre.
Meanwhile, the DDR centre will soon move to a new site which comprises an ultra-modern infrastructure and state-of-the-art equipment in vocational training. According to the Coordinator of the Centre, Kum Henry, the new site is very spacious and will greatly enhance the training of ex-fighters in skills of their choice in the domains of agriculture, animal breeding, mechanics, electricity or carpentry.  “Conditions of living in the Centre will be so good that I am sure some of the ex-fighters will not want to leave”, he said.
The Coordinator of the Centre also disclosed that two ex-fighters of the institution passed the GCE ‘A’ Level last and this year, one of the two who passed the ‘A’ Level, was successful at the written phase of the NASLA competitive entrance examination in Buea and is awaiting the outcome of the orals. He said some of the ex-fighters who have been for long at the Centre, are ready for social reintegration.
Kum Henry also talked of the present situation of ex fighters in the Bamenda DDR Centre, how fighters are encouraged to drop their weapons.

 

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