Monday 10 September 2012

Show Down on Buduburam



 The ongoing gang war between the infamous Nigerian/Ghanian and Liberian thugs on the Buduburam Refugee Camp have once again intensified, as the rival gangs clashed in an all out machetes war on the gap field that saw the leaders of the two groups seriously injured on Monday afternoon. The episode which actually broke out on Sunday when the leader of the Liberian thugs was caught, after several weeks of hiding, by members o the Nigerian/Ghanian group in the ghetto, and was severely flogged and chopped to the head with an ask. The violent thugs then threatened to beat up any Liberian friendly with the Liberian thugs' leader known as Dogg Pound, and put words to action the following Monday by invading the home of a friend of Dogg Pound, Mr. Willie, whom they beat up severely till his head burst open from the mortal pistol they used. They then decided to dragged the wounded body of Mr Willie through the Gap field which sparked an angry outburst from Liberians who had gathered to witness the troubling scene. It was then that a group of Liberian vigilantes came and arrested the scene, but before they could put things under control, the group of angry Liberians took hold of the leader of the Nigerian/Ghanian thugs known as Bangee, a Nigerian internet schemer, and flogged him with sticks and rocks till he went unconscious. 

However, the group of vigilantes were able to finally control the situation by turning the case over to the police who are now holding the wounded Bangee as suspect for attempted murder, while Mr. Willie, Dogg Pound, and some other members from both groups who were also caught up in the fight seek medical attention at the Buduburam health facility. According to Mr. Willie, who i met in  a very critical condition at the hospital in agony, he is going to pursue the matter legally. But many Liberians doubt that anything is going to come out of the matter, as they claimed that Bangee have boasted on several other occasions, after being let out of a police station for other serious crimes, that he has a very strong connection with the police.

With several hidden members of the Nigerian/Ghanian thugs threatening to retaliate, Liberians are now worry about  what may further unfold. The leader of the Liberian thug, Dogg Pound was also seen around the scene later with his wounds, and heard saying, he is going to make sure that Bangee and his group pay severely for his wound when he find any one of them. Meanwhile, another Nigerian member of the group known as Biggie Small is on the run from both the police and the Land guard members for flogging one land-guard last week.

 With all the uncertainty around this latest gang war on the Liberian refugees camp, many Liberians, especially those refugees who have no ID to enable them take part in the ongoing UNHCR's repatriation process are expressing their fear of what may happen when UN finally withdraw from the camp.

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