Fako lawyers to begin legal actions against DO

Lawyers in Fako are set to begin legal actions against the Divisional Officer for Tiko Cameroon Concord gathered.

Fako bureau chief has reported that during the clean up campaigns of Mayin Tiko on Monday May 18, the Divisional Officer for Tiko, Che Patrick sealed Eagle Law Chambers; the office of Barrister Samuel Ashu Bessongsome. At the time he was in the office with his colleague Forsac Eric.

They were both locked in the office on grounds that their office was open during the cleanup campaign. Sources deep within the DO's office told our reporter that Barristers Ashu Samuel Bessong and Forsac Eric were released after about 1 hour.

Lawyers in Fako Division later had a crisis meeting at Airport Hotel in Tiko in which it was unanimously agreed to meet at the DO office the next day.

On May 19, 250 lawyers met at the DO’S office to hold a meeting with the DO and his top aides and some traditional authorities in Tiko.

For close to 2 hours there were heated arguments and discussions prompting the DO to acknowledge that what happened was regrettable but that he could not in his official capacity apologize.

The Fako lawyers left for Limbe for another meeting with the Senior Divisional Officer. The SDO pleaded with the lawyers to be calm and noted that he appreciated the fact that they came to dialogue with him. He promised to get back to the lawyers after a meeting with the DO.

The President of FAKLA has however, gathered a legal team to proceed with a legal actions against the DO, according to our source.