Boyo: Landslide destroys houses in Belo, displaces at least 18 families.

Inhabitants of the affected area said signs of a natural disaster occurrence had already been visible long before the sad incident. While some persons, who hitherto lived in the said neigbourhood, are said to have relocated for fear of the unknown, others stayed back but were unfortunate as the disaster destroyed their homes and properties.

Houses, farmlands, trees and some food crops are said to have suffered destruction. Witnesses say no human life was lost in the incident. In the aftermath of the incidents, those who were still living in that neigbourhood are said to have moved out of the area for fear there may be more destruction.

The mayor of Belo Council, Dr Ngong Innocent, who addressed victims of the landslide incident, said council authorities were working to see how assistance could be given them.

The landslide incident in Belo came barely two weeks after a similar natural disaster hit Fundong Subdivision. The natural occurrence of August 13, in a locality known as Nkoini, had blocked the road linking the Divisional capital, Fundong to Njinikom and Belo Subdivisions as well as Bamenda, the regional capital of the North West region.

Fujua residents grapple with floods

While inhabitants of Mba’ambeng are vacating the area and trying to get temporal residence following the landslide, residents of Fujua, a quarter in Fundong Subdivision still in Boyo Division, have also been struggling to contain flash floods.

Heavy rains in the divisional capital, last weekend kept inhabitants of the locality on their toes. Fujua, located just below the hills of Laikom, where the palace of the Kom Fondom is found, witnessed high level of runoff following the intense rainfall. 

Apart from a bridge in the locality, which was reportedly cut off, major material or human damage was recorded. Since the flash floods, Fujua residents have been clearing gutters and water run ways to avoid water being directed into homes when it rains heavily.

By Akem Gorrety - Journalism student on internship