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The Publisher of The
Monitor Newspaper, Amungwa Tanyi Nicodemus will be appearing before the
examining magistrate of the Bamenda Court of 1st Instance tomorrow
April 12; 2013 to answer two counts brought against him. According to
information filtering into our office, the Mayor of Santa council, Atanga
Wankie Clement is the complainant.
According to our source Amungwa Tanyi Nicodemus (Publisher of
The Monitor) has been sued for on drummed-up charges emanating from a story
published in The Monitor in 2010 with
caption- Did the mayor of Santa turn down cfa 200 million to step up electricity
in Awing? And another investigative story published in 2013 captioned -Illegal
exploitation of the Ngemba Forest -The trio trapped in the looting.
Sources say that Amungwa Tanyi received intimidating phone
calls from Mayor Wankie who later seek solace in court action. This decision is
coming after the arbitrary sanctions melted on media outlets in Cameroon by the
National Communication Council. A school of thought holds that with the ax of
the Communication falling journalists like trees in the bush, politicians have
also dived the other way to stigmatize journalists that criticize their
actions.
The problem in Cameroon is that journalists have decried that
defamation should be decriminalized yet it has been falling on deaf ears. It is alleged that the mayor of Santa is
claiming that his political image has been tarnished and would like the
publisher to prove the veracity of the facts of the story. However, public
opinion holds that it would be very detrimental for someone who holds a prestigious
position in the SDF like Wankie Clement to antagonize self with journalists
especially as elections are in the offing. However one of the most surprising things
in Cameroon is that every now and then, politicians always claim that their
images have been soiled whereas no one has ever had the time to question the
lies and or empty promises they make during campaigns.
When News Breaks Out, We Break In. Minute by Minute Report on Cameroon and Africa
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