Douala: Who Is Diane Semboung Louba, the Gendarmerie Captain at the Center of the Controversy?

A video shared on social media on October 28, 2026, shows a gendarme and a police officer arguing over a vehicle parked on the grounds of Douala airport. Captain Olive Diane Semboung Louba, identified as commander of the airport gendarmerie company, has become the focus of online commentary, though the footage does not establish what prompted the confrontation or who was responsible. Entrepreneur Yaël Motaze and Clarence Yongo have voiced support for her, with Yongo saying his position depends on the facts being established. Posts also attribute to her unit an August 27 operation at Newton Airport in which 13 suspects were arrested and 46 motorcycles lacking documentation and 27 phones were seized; the details remain unconfirmed by the gendarmerie.