Slaughtering Of Comfort Tumassang : Women Groups Denounce Such Barbarism

In the face of constant killings perpetrated in the South West Region by armed separatists, women groups living in the region turned out on Tuesday, August 18, 2020 to show their grief and call for a return to normalcy. Their protest was triggered by the brutal slaughtering of Sirri Comfort Tumassang in Makanga Quarter, Muyuka Town on August 11, 2020. 
All dressed in black,  the protest march brought together women from all walks of life who mourned all those who had lost their lives as a result of the crisis. Marching from Bongo Square to South West Governor’s Office, they chanted sorrowful songs that provoked tears dropping from the eyes of onlookers.  In hand were placards with the following inscriptions: ‘‘Respect life, defend women and girls, stop the killing’’, ‘‘Her choice of partner should not determine her fate; her partner her choice ’’, ‘‘We want women’s voices and not dead bodies in the media’’, ‘‘We stand against violence and murder.’’
The organiser of the protest march, Dr. Agbor Meg said that the move is to remind those in the bushes that they were born by the same women they are targeting now. Also, they told the administration that women in the region no longer feel secure. ‘‘Women cannot go to their markets and farms because people will be picked up. The killers should be tracked down and f...