Ambazonia Defense Forces speak of an "unfortunate event" and express their regrets. The aim was to attack a military commander who was used to the bar outside which the journalist was killed.
Journalists gathered in Bamenda carried placards with the words "Justice for Anye" or "Stop the war" The International Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) calls on Cameroonian authorities to thoroughly investigate and prosecute the perpetrators and asks that this murder not be used for propaganda purposes. Since 2017, Cameroon's two English-majority regions, the North-West and South-West, have been plagued by violence.