After repeated attempts by some unidentified arsonist to burn down what educationist have described as Cameroon's best University, the University of Buea, UB, uncertainty currently and the fear of the unknown have forced the education community to be on high alert.
The central
administration of Cameroon’s pioneer Anglo-Saxon University, the University of
Buea, UB, has reinforced security on its main campus after some unidentified
men attempted to set the Amphitheater 600 on fire some weeks ago. This reporter
learnt on very good authority.
As the information
goes, the arsonist angered by the fact that business was gradually returning to
normal on campus decided to give a fore taste of their speciality to the
institutions’ hierarchy.
An informant at the
university who spoke to this reporter on the basis of anonymity recounted that,
the unidentified men in their mid-twenties succeeded to enter the campus
through one of its numerous unfenced and unattended entrances before making
their way to the majestic and well-constructed Amphi 600 located at the far end
of the campus and guarded by thick bushes.
As fate would have it,
before getting there, they spotted a girl in her early twenties (names withheld
for security reasons) who was smiling as she made her way to campus ready to
attend one of her lectures. Angered by the fact that little or no one pay an
attention to their demands to boycott lectures at the university, the irate
boys baptised the young lass with the petrol they had with them before striking
a match stick and throwing on her.
The arsonists are
reported to have taken to their heels abandoning their prime motive. As for the
girl, the fire reportedly burnt her back pack and clothes before the flames
were smothered. The administration of
the institution is said to have done everything to bury the information so as
not to install fear in the minds of the students and due to the limited presence
of students on campus that day, it is as if the incident never happened.
In order to ensure that
such barbaric acts never repeats itself again, the school administration is
reported to have increased the number of campus police on and around the campus
and solicited the expertise of forces of law and order.
Equally, every vehicle including that of
senior staffers of the institution is thoroughly search at the main entrance of
the campus while students especially those with unjustifiable big bags are well
investigated before their bags are ransacked.
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