Wum: Senior Police Superintendent Killed, Five Staff Kidnapped

North West Governor Adolphe Lele Lafrique in a release issued on September 9, 2026 revealed that on September 8, 2026 at about 11 am, a group of armed men (terrorists) infiltrated the campus of Government Teachers Training College (GTTC) Wum in Menchum Division and took some five teachers hostage as the Senior Divisional Officer for Menchum went visiting schools to observe the ef­ fectiveness of the 2026/2027 school year in his area of command. The release indicates that while the convoy got stock in a muddy road, some 50 metres to the aforementioned campus, the Senior Superintendent of Police Mbah Tobie Damase who crossed first had advanced straight to the campus. Upon alighting from his vehicle, the armed infil­ trators rained bullets on him killing him instantly while the five teachers were whisked off to an unknown des­ tination. Governor Lele Adolphe on behalf of the Head of State President Paul Biya has expressed sympathy to ...