Five Nigerians arrested in Mbé

Five Nigerian women in the company of a tour guide from Yaoundé were arrested at a public bus terminal in Mbé after they told the police they came to accompany a girl in marriage in Yaoundé.

They were detained at the regional division of the judicial police of Adamawa yesterday. The Police disclosed they were without identity cards or passports. Furthermore, the Nigerian guide who was not well at the time gave up the ghost at Mbé Medical Center after his arrest.

The sub-prefect of the Mbé district said, a phone call confirmed the arrest of women and the death of the guide.

"They did not have their identification cards. By order of the Regional Delegate for National Security, the bus and its occupants were conveyed to Ngaoundere. I can’t tell you more about the arrested women and the man. We know they are from Nigeria and they speak Kanuri”, said the sub-prefect of Mbé.

According to him, the guide who was a smuggler was in bad shape. After which he informed the public prosecutor of Ngaoundere court about the issue, visited the premises of the regional division of the judicial police and also went to Mbé Medical Center to verify the death of the guide.

According to a source from the regional division of the judicial police of Adamawa, investigations from the five women resulted in nothing. They maintained that they accompanied a bride in Yaoundé.