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Ousted Fon of Bamali, Fon Idrisuh Nopu Sahfua is reportedly detained at the Bamenda Prison. According to
sources linked to the office of the Senior State Counsel for Mezam, Idrisuh
Nopu Sahfua was arrested on May 4, 2015. The Eye is aware that in 2013,
allegations were rife at that (he) Idrisuh was suspected in an attempt murder
case. Yet the matter was in court pending judgement as the purported hired
assassin was languishing in jail. Matters came to a head when Fon Idrisuh was arrested and detained even though a judicial officer, and second class chief.
However, all eyes are now turn towards
the court for Fon Idrisuh to proof his innocence in the matter. Allegations abound that Fon Idrisuh was later released while his detractors say he was granted bail.
Classified sources hinted that the administration
of Ngoketunjia is in shock. Besides, it is also aired that Ngoketunjia SDO
summoned an emergency meeting on May 5, following the arrest of the ousted fon
who happens to be a Gendarme at Brigade Research in Bamenda. Ever since Idrisuh
was dethroned by the population, the village the village has recorded series of crisis. Of late
some 13 villagers were arrested and are currently detained at the Bamenda
Prison. This was during a brouhaha that erupted on December 29, 2014 between
the villagers and soldiers.
It should be recalled
that Chombong Lanu Michael, head of the Bamali traditional council had lamented
in a report submitted to the Governor of the North West he stated that on Monday December
29, 2014 at about 1:30pm, five vehicles carrying armed police, Gendarmes and
soldiers drove into the palace at the moment the traditional council was
holding a session. “On their arrival at
the fon’s palace, they caught, beat and ordered everybody to lie down.
According to the Chombong, the raffia wine that was left in the pot was poured
on them and they were as well administered snake beating. He revealed that
matters came to a head when the same law enforcement officials started breaking
doors and windows of the innermost part of the palace. “Even bulbs, furniture
and palace artifacts were not spared. Some went up to the market square
adjacent the palace and some private homes in the neigbourhood, beating up
everybody they met and seizing money, telephones and other belongings”. He reiterated in his report that the same law
enforcement officials made away with all the money contributed for the “council
njangi” and all the documents. He also mentioned that the fon was heavily
brutalized and he (the fon) sustained injuries on his face, back and right arm.
“The fon told us that the D.O Mr. Poss Alex-Francis personally seized and took
away his brief case containing all his credentials and money”, he noted. The
Bamali traditional council head also underlines that the queen mothers (women)
were molested including a rd Deputy Mayor of Ndop council was
damaged with bullets. “Most of the victims are still in the hospital receiving
treatment while some have been transferred to Bamenda and Mbingo Baptist
Hospital”.
Some
people are pointing accusing fingers at the administration of Ngoketunjia given
that the SDO had some years back issued a letter to the Governor requesting 400
elements (2nd category) to help him reinstate the ousted fon of Bamali, Fon
Idrisuh Nopu Sahfua. On the other hand, another opinion holds that the fon who
happens to be a Gendarme officer was amongst the looter camouflaged in military
uniform. It is even alleged that when matters escalidated the same
administration surfaced with a letter in which allegedly Bamali village had
threatened to invade Bamuka. In reaction to that letter, the Mayor of Ndop
council discarded such a claim adding that “his villages will never go to war
against another”. He said those who claim that some youths were being trained
to invade Bamuka are telling lies. Popular opinion in Ndop holds that the issue
of Bamali village planning to invade Bamuka was a fabrication of the
administration to conceal the administrative error committed that escalidated
into a blood bath “Where are the guns that were kept in the palace”, Emmanuel
Nken one of the villagers questioned. He told this reporter that he moved to
the scene and talked to the population and even cleared off the road blockages
to ease the movement of commuters who were caught in the web at Bamali 3
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