Enoh Simon, caretaker and supervisor of the construction of a villa at Bastos was beaten by his workers on Sunday 17th of January 2010 as early as 7am.

He has been receiving medical care at the Bethalsa Christian hospital at nouvelle route Bastos for 3 days now after sustaining injuries with a broken leg. According to the victim, it all began on Saturday evening 16th of January 2010 when he was supervising the placing of tiles on the floor of the constructed house. He had vehemently rebuked the employees for their carelessness (He is a decade younger than them).

Some of the employees went mad that how could a child talk to them like that! They threatened him to no avail. Simon continued his job relentlessly, offering no chance for these guys to “profit” from their job as it’s usually done. That is carrying away some bags of cement or some tiles or any other material. All they could expect at the end is just their wage, nothing more.

In today’s Cameroon where advantages of services are everywhere, Simon carried his cross to make things straight. Thus rebuking these guys was the drop of water that overloaded the glass. Simon was caught and gotten well beaten by these guys on Saturday evening. In the event, one of the employees a peacemaker mistakenly received a saw on his head from Simon’s hand as the latter was trying a narrow escape.

He fled from the site and went to find refuge in a friend’s house after haven paid a visit to the Bistouri hospital at carrier. He immediately informed his Boss, proprietor of the house under construction who was out of town and promised to arrive as soon as possible.

Sunday morning then, Simon went back to the job site by 7am and was taken into a “Guet a pen” by these same employees who came back to finish their job. There he struggled with them and fell into a depth. Transported to the hospital, the X-ray portrayed on his leg showed he has sustained a fracture.

The boss is on her way back and from all indications, it’s likely evident that these employees will be very soon meditating their fate behind bars. It’s indeed difficult to be a straight man in Cameroon and Simon is carrying the cross of a man who in his small domain tries to make things work straight without some of our “Cameroonian silly habits”.