Drawn from the Fako South Presbytery of the PCC, the college of pastors made the donations Tuesday, November 3, 2020.

Led by Rev. Mokoko Simon Elive, Parish Pastor of PC Beach and Presbyterial Secretary for Fako South, the pastors made a stop at Baptist Hospital Mutengene and at the Buea Regional Hospital Annex were they encouraged and prayed with four injured students.

“All four children received the sum of FCFA 350,000 each to support their education after they must have recovered completely by God’s Grace,” journalist Patience Che reported.

Dr. Martin Divine Ngomba Mokake, Director of the Buea Regional Hospital Annex told the pastors that the injured were out of danger. He took them on a guided visit to the students where prayers and words of encouragement and speedy recovery were said.

Around noon on Saturday, October 24, 2020, gunmen attacked Mother Francisca International Bilingual Academy Fiango, Kumba. State authorities say they opened fire on no fewer than 20 students, killed at least seven (six girls and a boy), and badly wounded about 13 others – ten girls and three boys.

The students killed include Nzakame Ramane (10 years), Nguemene Princess (11 years), Anagym Jennifer (11 years), Ngwane Reny Mongue (12 years), Victory Ngamenyi Camibon (12 years), Scheygnia Cindi (14 years), and Che Telma (15 years).

The Divisional Officer for Kumba I, Ali Anougu, the Senior Divisional Officer for Meme Division, Chamberlain Ntou’ou Ndong, and the Minister of Communication, Emmanuel Rene Sadi blame armed separatists for the attack.

On Monday, October 26, President Paul Biya addressed his solidarity and sincere condolences to the bereaved families as well as the educational community. He joined his wishes and the deepest empathy of his wife for the prompt recovery of the injured.

The same wishes were extended to the victims, their families, and the population by Territorial Administration Minister Paul Atanga Nji who was at the head of an inter-ministerial delegation dispatched to Kumba by President Biya. The state committed to foot all medical bills for the victims.

A national day of mourning decreed by President Biya in memory of the victims was observed on Saturday, October 31.

On Monday, November 2, Atanga Nji returned to Kumba and handed the government’s support to the affected family. He also visited the victims in hospital and lit seven candles in the classroom where the schoolchildren were shot and killed.

The deceased students will be buried on Thursday after a funeral service to be attended by the Prime Minister, Head of Government.

State forces have been battling to dislodge armed separatists who pitched their tents in the North West and South West Regions since the current crisis transformed into an armed conflict in 2017.

Corporate demands by Common Law Lawyers and Anglophone Teachers led to protests in November 2016. The street demonstrations later morphed into ongoing running gun battles between state forces and armed separatist fighters in the predominantly English-speaking regions, leading to untold destruction of human lives, their habitats, and livelihoods.

Tit-for-tat killings have become part of daily lives in some parts of the English-speaking regions.