According to information on Honneur et Fidélité - Armée Camerounaise, a social media page attributed to Cameroon’s military, Mad Dog, also known as “Luggard” or “The Beast” was gunned down during an operation “cleverly planned” by the 5th Joint Military Region, RMIA5.

The cosmetic raid in Bamenda, capital of Cameroon’s North West Region was conducted by elements of the 3rd regiment of the Rapid Intervention Brigade, the BIR – an elite unit of the country’s army.

Open sources say the dreaded rebel figure fell into the dragnet of the military in Ntasen, Nkwen, although his remains were found at Liberty Square (City Chemist Roundabout) in Mankon early Sunday morning.

Mad Dog allegedly led the gang of “unidentified armed men” that attacked the Head Office of Mitanyen Cooperative Credit Union Limited, MitaCCUL, at Sonac Street Bamenda on Friday, August 21, 2020.

CCTV footage that made rounds on social media suggested that five unidentified armed men staged the Friday morning attack at MitaCCUL. They arrived on board a RAV4 jeep, ordered the yellow-cloth security guard into the bank before making away with an undisclosed sum of money.

The killing of Mad Dog is believed to be the fruit of investigations by security forces. Audio of a recorded call has now gone viral on social media in which Mad Dog is heard threatening someone believed to be of MitaCCUL.

The conversion seems to confirm speculations that the August 21 attack at MitaCCUL was championed by Mad Dog.

Mad Dog said inter alia: “This is Fonteh speaking. The information I want to pass to you and all your colleagues is that the steps you want to take, you should go ahead. I want to let you know that we are fighting a country. We will blow off your heads. We will kill all of you. You sent a message to me that my face was caught by the CCTV camera. I do not care. You should do what you can do. But make sure you do it well because we will do our own to the highest level. Anyone who survives there, change our names. I have spoken. I am Fonteh. This is my number. Any time you wish to call me, call it and put it on a loudspeaker. What is good for you is to call and meet me immediately before I decide what to do to you and your other colleagues. Call me immediately so we can talk one-on-one else.”

Since news of Mad Dog’s demise went viral on Sunday morning, messages have been pouring in on social media suggesting that he had been terrorizing locals in Bamenda long before the Anglophone crisis morphed into an armed conflict.