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| Biya honouring soldiers from Europe? |
On March 6, 2015, the Minister Delegate at the Presidency in charge of
Defense, Edgar Alain Mebe Ngo’o chaired a ceremony to pay homage to some brave
soldiers of the Cameroon armed forces who were killed in the battle field by
Boko Haram.
On behalf of the president of the republic, the Defense Minister
decorated the soldiers posthumously with different titles, but on the website
of the presidency days after, the fabricated photo appeared.
The photo created so much controversy with local newspapers, social
media users and politicians chastising the head of state and the regime.
In a press release on March 11, the Minister of communication and
government’s spokes person claimed the presidential website was under cyber
attack. He asserted that the photograph
was posted by a hacker who maliciously penetrated the presidency website with
the aim of tarnishing the embattled image of the head of state and the armed
forces.
The Minister did not say who the malicious hacker is, but refused
allegations that some personnel of the presidency were accomplices in the photo
scandal.
“We are conscious of the gravity of such a picture whereas the head of
state is in Europe. The photo was intentionally modified by a malicious hacker.
It is impossible that it is done by someone from inside because everybody knows
that president Biya is not around”, the Minister said in the release.
“Even if president Biya was out of the country, he had to flow back and
pay homage to these soldiers who died defending the nation”, Hon Joseph
Banadzem, SDF parliamentary group leader at the national assembly said.
By Ndi Eugene Ndi
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