By Bakah Derick and Mbuh Stella
Richard Adolf Titang who became the first
Cameroonian Director of West Cameroon Prisons in 1966 has this Friday February 5, 2016 been laid to rest in
Bamenda.
Beginning from the St Joseph Metropolitan Cathedral
where a funeral Mass was said in his honor, the former Prison Administrator mostly
referred to as Pa Titang was presented as a humble and simple man with enormous
contributions to the penitentiary service in Cameroon.
On behalf of the Penitentiary Administration
F. Fofung Immaculate Administrator General of Prisons disclosed that late
Titang was the first Penitentiary Officer to be trained in Nigeria and Great Britain from where he was appointed “to the enviable position of Director of
Prisons in the United Republic of Cameroon, a post you held for a good while
during which you laid down the solid Foundation on which Cameroons penitentiary
administration now stands.”
In his capacity as the President of Bamenda
based club 58 which Pa Titang once headed for 13years, Ndumu Vincent Nji who is
also Government Delegate to the Bamenda City Council described Pa Titang as “an
inspiration to many club members especially in the meaning which he gave to a
community life of sharing giving and receiving.”
Football fans will remember the departed Pa Titang
as the founder of legendary and renowned football team Prisons Social Club of
Buea which played in the first Division in Cameroon for over 14years. He later
became President of PWD Bamenda and CAMMARK Bamenda he did not only take
interest in football as he also served as Vice President of FECATENNIS in the
90s.
Bobe Titang as his fellow countrymen from Kom
country will prefer to call was laid to rest in his Bamenda residence after a colourful
yet solemn Military honors event by the Penitentiary Administration.
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