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| Bamenda III militants receive Fon at 32nd Anniversary. |
Bakah Derick Blogger at Hilltopvoices
After emerging victorious at the 2013
municipal elections in Bamenda I Subdivision sanctioned by the taking over of
the Council from the Social Democratic Front SDF, the Cameroon People
Democratic Movement CPDM recently has made moves that signal danger for Fru Ndi’s
Party in Bamenda III.
The September 19, 2014 “Fon’s Salute” event
which turned out to be a welcome event for the Paramount Fon of Nkwen HM SF Azehfor
III has been described by some local politicians as the takeoff on the “operation
take Bamenda III” journey.
As the dust of this “Fon’s Salute” event
settled, the Paramount Fon of Nkwen November 6, 2014 at the Bamenda Congress
Hall reiterated his position as a disciple of the “fire Party” the CPDM. The event
was the 32nd anniversary of Paul’s Biya’s accession to power which
made clearer the political affiliation of the Fon and the aspirations of the CPDM in Mezam.
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| Fon Azehfor III addressing CPDM militants |
Without mincing words Fon Azehfor III
authoritatively declared that the wind of change has come to Nkwen and so shall
it be. This was received with an
applause indicating affirmation from both authorities and militants of the
CPDM. As if to say this was not enough, the wife of late and SDF pioneer Mayor
of Bamenda III, Rose Amandou was received in grand style with CPDM party
uniform decoration by visibly satisfied Minister Paul Nji Atanga who is also section
President for Mezam I.
These events may look small or personalities
considered light weights, but the question is why Bamenda III? If the SDF in
Bamenda sees these as small political moves, this reporter does not see it as
such considering the time and distance away from the next municipal elections
and other things that may surely happen between now and then.
After the SDF won the Bamenda I council in
2007, similar events took place crowned by the Appointment of the Government
Delegate to the Bamenda City Council Vincent Nji who during the 2013 electoral
consultations proved that he was on a political assignment. The hard campaign
he mounted against the SDF and his candidates needs not be overemphasized.
Mindful of the Fact that since the 2011 presidential elections there has been
no cabinet reshuffle, noting stops the appointment of a Nkwen son or daughter
not necessarily as Government Delegate but another juicy or lucrative function.
Such an appointee will add to the Fon, then the likes of Ngante Martin Ngoh, to
wage a war against the SDF. Since one can not make a difference between the Government and the ruling CPDM Party, other plans like clipping the wings of the SDF in
Bamenda III by dismissing or arresting SDF loyalists in key functions like Dr
Tamajong Elzebeth SDF secretary General who hails from Nkwen and currently
Director for National education in the Ministry of Scientific Research and
innovation, Fongu Cletus current Mayor of Bamenda III and many others cannot be completely cancelled. The addition of names into the electoral register in Bamenda III as was the case in Bamenda I is also another possibility. All the protest led by the SDF MP for Bamenda-Bali and the then Mayor for Bamenda I Acho Simon Ngwen yielded no fruits. Can the
SDF in Bamenda III contain these moves? I doubt but they will have to keep watch before the unexpected happens. We will have to wait and
see what will happen in 2018 as the law promises.