Cameroon: Politician Wants Prostitutes Arrested

By Christopher Ambe Shu

Albert Samba Ngwana, Chairman of Cardinal Democratic Party (CDP) of Cameroon, has urged the Cameroonian Government to arrest and prosecute all known prostitutes in the Country, insisting that they are criminals.
Angered by an interview granted to a local tabloid by a woman, presenting herself as President of Northwest Prostitutes, the CDP chair, has in a letter dated April 6,2009,addressed to the Governor of the Northwest Region of Cameroon, called for the immediate arrest of the chief Prostitute and co.

Below is the letter, read on:

The Governor,
N.W. Region,
Bamenda.
Cameroon,

Your Excellency Sir,

“PRESIDENT OF NW PROSTITUTES SAYS THEY EARN THRICE MORE THAN CIVIL SERVANTS”

The Star Newspaper of today Monday April 6, 2009 published a lengthy interview Ndi Ndi in Bamenda had with Ndongla Mairo, where she proclaimed herself as the President of Northwest Prostitutes. A union they started in 2006 with about 325 prostitutes.

Your Excellency, the whole Nation was shocked and scandalized by this revelation.
Prostitution is an offence punishable under section 343 of the Cameroon Penal Code. The punishment ranges from six months to five years imprisonment or a fine of 20,000 to 500,000 CFA.
We want you to instruct the department in charge of crimes to investigate and arrest the culprits at once and bring them to justice.

Cameroon is running down to chaos and immorality and this must stop.
In February this year the Wouri SDO took a bold step to clear the Douala Municipality of prostitutes, by rounding them up at night. We applauded his action and asked other SDOs to do same.

The N.W. Prostitutes have declared themselves through their president as practicing prostitution and should be arrested at once and tried according to the law.

Mr. Governor, we hope that you will act swiftly.

Yours faithfully,
Chief A.S. Ngwana,
National Chairman,
Cardinal Democratic Party.

Copy: SDO Bamenda
Government delegate Bamenda
Commissioner of Police Bamenda
Chief of National Security Bamenda