Cameroon :Residence of 34-Year old Buea Parliamentary Candidate Burgled

*Over two million Fcfa, certificates & laptop stolen 

 *Sabotage suspected 

By Christopher Ambe

Candidate Malomba Esembe

Barely three days to the official launch of Cameroon’s Parliamentary and Municipal elections, the residence of  34-year old  Magistrate Malomba Esembe,Buea  CPDM parliamentary Candidate, has been  burgled and   over two million Fcfa , gadgets and sensitive  documents taken away.

The residence ,situated next to the official residence of the Divisional Officer for Buea (Southwest Governor’s street),was burgled yesterday January 22, in the afternoon while Magistrate Malomba   was  still in the office, and two other relations living with him now  had just gone out for other duties.

Surprisingly, the burglar(s) who ransacked the house stole not only the money and property, but also the magistrate’s sensitive documents such as academic certificates.

Police launched investigations  yesterday.

It is widely believed   that the burglary in broad day light and in  the  safest street in Buea might have been sponsored by the political enemies of Malomba, to demoralize him on the eve of campaign launching.

“It must be the misdeed of political enemies. Somebody or a group of people who are not happy with his growing popularity may be behind this ugly happening, just to bring him down,” a Malomba campaigner told this reporter, noting that the political terrain is always rough.

Two political parties –the ruling CPDM and the opposition SDF- are competing for the Buea Urban Parliamentary seat, which for more than 20 years has been occupied by the CPDM.

The money stolen was reportedly part of the candidate’s campaign resources  and the laptop contains sensitive documents including postgraduate   research work. (Malomba is a Business law Masters Student of the University of Buea.

Malomba is seen as the likely winner  of the Parliamentary seat in Buea Urban.