Heavy rains in the city of Bamenda on Thursday October 8, 2020 swept off parts of the Bamenda-Babadjou road precisely at Mile 8 Akum
The deplorable situation at the spot forced thousands who were leaving Bamenda to carry out other transactions to return home
"I left Bamenda yesterday at around 10am and we are still here. Climbing that stretch was impossible" a driver at Vatican Express told the Observer
"I have been here since 5am yesterday. We slept here and we don't even know when we are going to leave this place" Mary Suh narrated to The Observer
The spot badly damaged by the rains
Those entering Bamenda from Matazem had to wait for an hour as the buses slowly glide through the bad road
Cues of vehicles could be spotted trying to drive out of the city but as at the time of this report, they were stocked
Commuters have been forced to go through unbearable pain since heavy rains started in the month of July
Road breaks, construction of bridges, poorly constructed diversions have rendered the people to weep for hours when either entering Bamenda or leaving
The last time this happened, was exactly seven days ago
It took the intervention of people of goodwill and some drivers to try and render the road passable this October 9, 2020
More than 20, 75 seater buses spend an hour to cross the spot
Reconstruction works on this stretch of the road were launched in May 2017 but since then, the construction has been on a snail pace
Bamenda, capital city of the North West is the third most buoyant town in Cameroon without an access road
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