Suspected Lesbian found death

By Michael Agbor in Bamenda

late Susannah (middle) found in her own pool of blood

The body of a woman said to be a lesbian has been discovered in the small village of Ngyen -Mbo, situated on the outskirt of Mbengwi, North West region, Cameroon.

The girl who was discovered May 19, 2016 by a passerby is reported to have been lynched to death by a mob.

Eye witness accounts say, it was 11:47 P.M. on that fateful day when the body of a woman, in her thirties, whose name Cameroon Watch got as Susannah Afor, was found death along the street, near the abandoned uncompleted building adjacent to Muna Junction, Bamendawards.

She was discovered laying in her own pool of blood, wearing a white blouse and blue jeans with a gold necklace and leather shoes, suggesting she lived an ostentatious lifestyle.

She was later identified by some passers-by as a notorious unabashed lesbian who had gone into hiding almost a year ago, after she had been caught in a lewd act alongside her co-lesbian friend, one Gilly from Mile 19 neighbourhood.

Both had narrowly escaped death from a mob. They had been rescued from the hands of the mob by some police elements from a nearby police station, it was earlier reported.

Residents of Mbengwi, who have first hand information about the incident, declare that Sussanah was surely returning to her hiding place, where she is presumed to have lived following the departure of her lesbian lover.

On site examination of her corpse showed laceration from repeated stabbing with sharp and blunt objects, presumably knives and building rods, some of which could be seen in the bush nearby with blood stains. Dry sputum had left traces all over her body and while it is unclear whether she could have spat so much, it can be presumed that some of it represents the spite of her killers, who do not stomach her open and provocative practice of heinous woman to woman sex and love.

According to Pa Timoh, a quarter head in the neighbourhood, “she was a notorious prostitute and unabashed lesbian, and thus only got what she deserved”.

Another observer, who claimed to be the deceased’s family member but preferred to be cited on anonymity declared to reporters that Sussanah’s death is good riddance for she had only brought shame to her family, after multiple failed marriages in which she bore no children, in addition to  “this her thing she called lesbian”. Other respondents wondered how it was that the police had released her, if not of shady deals and exchange of sex or money, considering that she had been arrested for lesbianism several times.

For the record, note that article 347 Penal Code criminalizes sexual contacts with members of the same sex with a penalty of 6 months to 5 years' imprisonment and a fine of up to CFA 200.000.

If one of the persons involved is between 16 and 21 the penalty is doubled. While European and American countries have taken desperate moves to promote homosexual lifestyles in Cameroon by linking aid to tolerance of gays and lesbians, Cameroon, through its Head of State, Paul Biya, has remained resolutely pro-family, insisting that our culture has no place for people who practice sexual cannibalism and sacrilege in the name of gay and lesbian love.