Bertin Kisob released but suspected of being a govt agent

Bertin Kisob, the initiator of “Biya must go” protest who was arrested last week for attempting to organize a protest march against President Biya has been released.

Kisob was released last Friday after the intervention of North West Governor, Adolph Lele Lafrique. Lafrique is alleged to have ordered Kisob’s release after he interrogated him on telephone and found out that Kisob sounded like one who is unstable.

But undisclosed sources have hinted the Journal that Kisob could easily be a security agent who is being used by the regime to deploy troops all over the country in these times of uncertainty.

An investigative journalist who also masters the functioning of the regime told the Journal that he had once stumbled on a document which indicated that Kisob was working in close collaboration with security operatives. “The regime knew that the celebration of President Biya’s 32 years in power came at a delicate moment and knowing well that Bamenda was an opposition, decided to deploy troops all over the town,” the journalist who refused to be named told this reporter.

According to him, government could not go ahead to deploy troops all over the town since such a move could raise more questions and suspicion. “The only way they could nip any protest in the bud is by intimidating the people with the presence of soldiers in the whole town. They could only do that by employing the services of a Kisob to create an insecure atmosphere in town,” the source added.

Ngah Christian Mbipgo, publisher of the Guardian Post also told the Journal that Kisob was arrested just 10 minutes after he left The Guardian Post Bamenda office. He did not reveal to the Journal what Kisob came to do in The Guardian Post office, but he suspects that his newspaper is so critical on the regime, “Kisob may have come to get information from us.” Ngah said he had asked his Bamenda bureau chief to follow him and report on the protest march he was going to lead.

It should be recalled that Kisob was once arrested and detained in Yaounde for several months after he owned up to orchestrating the blowing-off of Wouri Bridge in Douala few years ago.