SDO bans bikers from transporting more than one passenger, restricts hours of circulation

By DANIELA ITOE NGUM The Senior Divisional Officer, SDO for Meme Division, Chamberlain Ntou’ou Ndong has in a recent communique prohibited the transportation of more than one person on motorbikes within the Kumba municipality. The decision that was carried in a radio announcement dated January 29, stipulates that each bike has two seats among which one for the rider and the other for the passenger. The ban was provoked by the increase crime waves in the metropolis including the persistent kidnapping of Kumba city dwellers with the use of bikes usually observed with two or more passengers on it. According…