Cameroonian journalist Martinez Zogo was found dead on Sunday, January 22, announced the National Union of Journalists of Cameroon. The host and director of Amplitude FM radio had been kidnapped on Tuesday, January 17, in front of a police station in Yaoundé.
The body of journalist Martinez Zogo was discovered this Sunday morning in a suburb of Yaoundé.
According to the National Union of Journalists of Cameroon, the body of Martinez Zogo was mutilated and in an advanced state of putrefaction. In a statement, the union denounces a heinous assassination with consequences that further restrict freedom and security in Cameroon “.
Very horrified by the kidnapping and assassination of journalist Martinez Zogo, Integrity in our country has disappeared. Impunity is the rule. This land is losing its soul. The practice of dehumanization that started in the NW and SW is now a modus vivendi. May God help us. pic.twitter.com/cJ4XPJxVco
—Akere Muna (@AkereMuna) January 22, 2023
Joined by RFI, the president of the SNJC, Marion Obam, deplores that the country’s journalists are now all vulnerable.
” He was found in an advanced state of putrefaction. He was completely naked. He was taken to the morgue, according to identification by relatives. It’s a confirmation. »
” The circumstances in which the body was discovered is a shock because we were still questioning ourselves. We were doing our cross-checks because four days ago his abduction was reported and no one had any trace of him anywhere. So, discovering this body this morning, in these conditions, is completely unacceptable. In a country of law where there are media who work on a daily basis for the service, to inform Cameroonians, that one morning we find ourselves in a situation like this, there is an unacceptable limit that has been crossed . »
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