75 kilograms range boxer Wilfried Seyi has crashed out of the ongoing 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games after losing to David Tshama of the Democratic Republic of Congo in his first outing.

One of Cameroon’s hopes to grab a medal at the ongoing 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games in Japan has just crumbled with the defeat of 75 kilograms range boxer Wilfried Seyi.

The 23-year-old boxer majestically controlled the first two rounds of the game but lost in the third and last one after receiving uncountable number of punches from his Congolese opponent.

At the end of the third round, three of the five referees waved in favor of DR Congo’s David Tshama and that marked the end of the competition for Wilfried Seyi.

The Cameroonian flag bearer at the 2016 Rio Games thus crashed out of the competition without winning a game like it was the case during his first participation five years back.

He is the second Cameroonian athlete to be knocked out of the Tokyo Olympic Games after Table tennis Sarah Hanffou failed to sail through the first hurdle.

Weight boxer Mengue Ayissi is for now the only athlete to have qualified for the next round of the games in his category. His next game is slated for tomorrow Tuesday, July 27.

Hundreds of civilians are said to have fled Sagmé, the Cameroonian locality in the Far North region that borders Nigeria after an attack by Boko Haram terrorists over the weekend claimed the lives of eight defense forces and sent more than a dozen to the hospital.

Those from localities bordering Sagmé are said to have equally fled to the bushes after the deadly attack.

The Governor of the region, Midjiyawa Bakari has called on the population to return to their localities following a redeployment of the military to protect them.

Speaking to State channel, CRTV, Governor Bakari enjoined the people to cooperate with the military for an effective fight against the Islamist group’s insurgency in the area.

He said he has asked traditional rulers, the clergy and community leaders to remobilize self-defence groups, especially along the border with Nigeria.

VOA reported that security analyst and former military spokesman, Col Didier Badjeck stressed the role of the population in defeating Boko Haram terrorists.

The security analyst reportedly said elements of the Islamist group have been infiltrating many localities on the northern border with Nigeria and that it is very difficult for the military to detect the terrorists if civilians do not collaborate by reporting strangers in all border towns and villages.

He further indicated that churches and mosques should ask civilians to stop lodging visitors and giving strangers food, thinking that they are obeying religious teachings because fighters may be disguising themselves as ranchers moving around in search of food for their cattle or as farmers visiting markets to sell crops.

Boko Haram and its breakaway faction Islamic State West Africa Province have increased their deadly attacks against defense forces and the population in the Far North region of Cameroon in recent years.