The ambush was one of the deadliest single separatist attacks so far in the Anglophone Crisis,[1] and led to the announcement of a "paradigm shift" by Cameroon's Defense Minister Joseph Beti Assomo six days later.

[3] The rebels stopped the convoy using an improvised explosive device[7][8] next to a hill[7] on a road from Bamessing to Sabga,[2] whereupon they fired anti-tank rockets and destroyed two armored vehicles.

[2] Following the ambush, the separatist fighters including "General No Pity" filmed themselves celebrating next to the burning vehicles before taking off with captured weapons.

[1][2] Based on the footage, Agence Cameroun Presse journalist Ariane Foguem argued that rebels had also taken uniforms from the convoy.

[6] United People for Social Renovation secretary general Serge Espoir Matomba stated on Facebook that the ambush was a "shameful attack on Cameroon's democracy".