Late Rev. Alexander Sob Nougi: His killers are being hunted.
By Christopher Ambe
Rev. Fr.Bernard Asek Tambe,
who was Vicar-General of the Diocese of
Buea when Rev. Fr Alexander Sob Nougi was murdered in 2018 and who presented an
autopsy report of his slain colleague at
his funeral mass, will be prosecuted at
the Buea Military Tribunal
,alongside two other persons, for murder-related charges.
Rev.Fr. Asek Bernard Tambe,
kimeng Liberty Song and Lekepih Vincent Fossung are accused of assassination
complicity, assassination coaction as well as keeping and carrying illegal arms
and ammunitions.
After the conclusion of
Preliminary Investigations(PI) into the assassination of Rev.Fr. Sob Nougi, hearing
for the murder case was scheduled for last Thursday June 25; but it was adjourned
to July 30, because the three accused had not yet been served, according to
Barrister Sumelong Henry Awasume, lead counsel for the civil party (the slain
priest’s family). Other lawyers for the civil party include Nyonbadmia Evine
and John Kameni Sichui.
During the PI,the three accused,
who then were defendants, were reportedly on bail.
Rev. Fr. Sob Nougi, 45,
was murdered on July 20, 2018 in Muyuka Before his death Rev. Fr.Sob Nougi, a
former Catholic Education Secretary for Buea Diocese, was the Parish Priest of
Catholic Church Bomaka.
Monseigneur Bushu
Immanuel, then Bishop of Buea Diocese, who officiated at the fallen priest’s
requiem on August 10, 2018 at the Regina Pacis Cathedral, in Small Soppo Buea,
alleged in his homily that the “killers”of Rev.Fr.Sob Nougi were present at his funeral,but
fell short of citing names.
“Rev. Fr. Sob Nougi was brutally murdered and
assassinated, "Bishop Bushu, had declared at the requiem, adding that “We
pray for those wicked people who killed him, some of whom are amongst us”
The Bishop even dismissed
as fake rumors that Rev.Fr.Sob Nougi had gone to Muyuka to visit his parents,
noting that his mother was in Yaounde then.
During the crowd-pulling
funeral service for late Rev.Fr.Nougi at the Regina Pacis Cathedral, in Small
Soppo Buea, a July 21, 2018 autopsy report of the slain priest had been
presented to the thousands of mourners by Rev. Fr.Bernard Asek, then the Vicar
General of the Diocese of Buea. The autopsy report had revealed the following:
1.) Father's body received
two bullets on either sides of the chest, just around the nipple of his breast.
This means that the bullets were shot either by one person or by two persons of
the same height.
2.) The bullet on the left
side of the chest passed through his body and came out from the back, while the
bullet on the right side of the chest had no outlet behind.
3.) The point of entry of
bullet on the left side of the chest measured about 20mm in diameter. The
conclusion is that the bullets were shot at a close range of about 50 to 70cm
from his chest. In fact, it was a point-blank shot which eliminates the hypothesis
of a stray bullet.
4.) The bullet shot on the
left side of the chest tore through Father's heart leaving a gaping hole which
caused instant death.
5) The nature of the shot
demonstrates that it was fired by a professional who targeted the heart with
the intention to kill. Death was instant from the first bullet.
6.) The weapon used was an assault rifle, not a locally made gun or a pistol.
Rev Fr.Asek had noted:
“Finally, the bullet received from the body, came from the shot on the right
chest of Father. We need the service of a ballistic expert to determine whether
the bullet that passed through the left side of the chest was similar to that
retrieved from the body, so as to determine whether or not it was shot by one
person”
Rev.Fr.Asek had said “the
church is interested to know the person who killed Father; because of that, a
case has been established”, adding,“The judicial police have already started
the proceedings.”
It is the results of the
investigations that have led to Fr Asek and the two others to criminally
charged. The two others were said to have been with Rev. Fr.Sob Nougi ,the time of he was slain.
The Catholic Community,the family of the
deceased and the public in general have
since been regretting the loss of Rev.Fr.
Sob Nougi, who was described as a very refined, intelligent and committed
priest.
He was buried near Regina
Pacis Cathedral,Small Soppo.
Rev.Fr. Sob Nougi was born
in 1973 in Muyuka; after his high school studies, he enrolled into the Major
Seminary in Bambui in 1993. He was ordained Priest in 2005 in the Diocese of
Obala,in the Centre Region. He was aslo a University of Buea PhD student ( in
education) at the time of his death.
No comments:
Post a Comment