THE DIARY GAME: A HEARTBREAKING DAY FOR ME AND MANY IN CAMEROON ON THE KILLING OF A 5 YEAR OLD GIRL. #womenclubcharity50pc. 14/10/2021

It was a cool Thursday morning which I woke up to around 5:53am and immediately said my morning prayers but web back to bed since it was still cold outside and I'm not a fan to cold. I later woke up around 7:53am and engaged in some house chores which I finish around 10:34am. I had a call from my friend then I went to check on her messages on WhatsApp and some other group messages. Then I saw a disturbing message about a child been killed in the Buea, the South West region of Cameroon. I didn't take it serious so I had my breakfast, took my bathe and left to meet Fr. Auraure for some work.

I left the house and in the taxi I check my phone in the dead of that child and saw what happened to her. It is so disheartening and depressing to see the military who is supposed to protect the innocent kill an innocent child because of her mother didn't give 500frs for road control. This got the population infuriated and they killed the military officer.

The unfortunate incident that happened in Buea yesterday morning which resulted in the death of a little innocent girl and the Gendarmerie officer who shot her, has bred excruciation that will linger on the hearts of the people for long. Come to think of it! The driver of the car in which the child was wad stopped and it is alleged she refused to stop. The officer who could not control his anger and in disappointment shot at the car aiming for the lady and rather killed an innocent girl. The angry mob in turn uncontrollably took laws into their hands and beat up the Gendarmerie officer to death. Instead of one corpse the public is faced with two corpses. The innocent child is a great loss to her family, and the young promising officer is as well a great loss to his family. At such moments when the nation, especially the two English speaking regions are grappling with a crisis whose end does not seem to be in hindsight, many accusing fingers are pointed to what is termed brutality on the part of security officers, who are accused of going to extreme. However, while we all condemn this loathsome act, I think the problem is more of inviduals' inability to appropriately respond to situations. If the lady the Gendarm shot at had stopped and talked amiably with the officer, the unfortunate incident would have been averted. If on the other hand the officer had exercised restrain, he would not have fired a shot. On equal terms if the mob had realized that one lost life was already one too many, the people would not have taken laws into their hands and killed the officer in cold blood. What is the problem here? The problem is that humans never go into themselves to try to see the problem that is in their lives. They only see the problem out there. The lesson here is that no matter what comes to us from others, it does not exonerate us from taking our responsibility. We might not have control over what comes to us but we are 100% responsible in what comes from us. It is difficult not to react to situations that come to us, just like is difficult not to fight back. But the rewards of not reacting and not fighting back far outweigh those of doing so. Being 100% responsible simply means your ability to respond to every situation is in your control. Think about it!

I arrived Bambili around 12.37pm and went to father's house and met him working. Surprisingly he was packaging some bio products he made. I joined him as that was what we were to do. We made about 500 packets of the medicines.

While we were working I got a distressed call from a friend and was in the military cell. This got me confused as I had to help him get someone to bail him out. My family and I are the family he has since he's an orphan. I contacted some few persons and left to town to see him. When I met him he said one of his employees who had stolen and left came attacked him on Tuesday at his restaurant destroying his assets and brought a convocation from the gerdarmerie who arrested him. I was sad about this. I made some few calls, went to his restaurant to arrange some things and left for home as I was tired. I made some food ate, showered and laid to rest.

It was a sad and tiring day. As I was about the sleep I got a call from my friend who was locked up saying the lawyer finally came and he was bailed out. This made me smile a little. I reviewed what happened in Buea, watching the horrifying videos and messages on what happened. May people are lamenting about what happened and the whole country is sad for the killing of this innocent soul. Words can express what is felt across the nation because majority of people are weeping for this lost. Honestly the military need to rethink this issue of collecting money on the road because we can't bear losing our children like that. I ended my chatting with and elderly cousin and dozed off around midnight.

Sometimes we wish some bad things didn't happen at all. Looking at what happened to this little child has left many hearts broken and on tears. It was indeed a sad day. Thank you guys for visiting my posts