Director General of Private Radio Amplitude FM, Martinez Zogo, 51, was found deceased early Sunday morning 15 kilometers north of Yaoundé.
MO12345LEMONDE with AFP
A journalist who has been missing in vague circumstances for several days in Cameroon was found dead on Sunday January 22, announced his media and a police source. Martinez Zogo, 51, was the Director General of Private Radio Amplitude FM, based in Yaoundé, and the star host of a daily program, “traffic jam”, broadcast from Monday to Friday and very listened to in the Cameroonian capital. On the antenna, he regularly tackled corruption cases, not hesitating to question the important personalities.
Her body was discovered early Sunday morning 15 kilometers north of Yaoundé, Charly Tchouemou, editor -in -chief of the radio amplitude FM, told AFP. The latter assured that he had recognized his body, adding that his corpse was naked and entered in decomposition. The death was confirmed to AFP by a police source under the cover of anonymity. Solicited, the authorities and the family had not followed up immediately.
The National Syndicate of Journalists of Cameroon said in a statement its “dismay”, denouncing an “odious assassination” and calling the media workers to dress in black on January 25 to mark their mourning. The International Press Institute, organization of defense of press freedom based in Vienna, urged the Cameroonian authorities to “quickly investigate the horrible murder of journalist Martinez Zogo and to ensure that the culprits are brought to justice”.
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The political opposition was also indignant, like the deputy for the opposition of the social democratic front (homeless), Jean-Michel Nintcheu, who denounced in a press release a “crime” which “cannot Stay unpunished “.
His disappearance had been confirmed by the government in a statement on Saturday and an investigation had been opened four days earlier to shed light on the circumstances of its disappearance, had learned AFP from police source under cover of anonymity .
The NGO Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) said on Friday that Mr. Zogo had been “kidnapped” January 17 around 8 pm before a police station on the periphery of Yaoundé. It was last seen for the last time in front of a gendarmerie post, had confirmed the aforementioned police source, which specified “not having clues to affirm that this is a kidnapping”.
His body was transported in the morning to the morgue of the central hospital in Yaoundé, according to Mr. Tchoumemou. An important crowd was brought together as well as many elements of the police, noted an AFP journalist. An autopsy was to be carried out on the spot, a member of the victim’s family told AFP. Under cover of anonymity, she specified not having been able to personally recognize Mr. Zogo.
“many gray areas”
“There are many gray areas concerning the circumstances of its brutal kidnapping. The authorities must launch a rigorous, in -depth and independent investigation to establish the entire chain of responsibility and the circumstances which led to this sad event” , told AFP Sadibou Marong, head of the sub -Saharan Africa office for RSF.
Sunday, several Cameroonian television channels had dedicated their programs to this event. Asked about the TV info channel, the famous novelist Calixthe Beyala said herself “slaughtered, saddened. I knew he was dead as soon as he announced that he was kidnapped. We can ask the question: to whom The tour? Each of us can find ourselves in this situation for something he would have said. “