Menoua: Chief of Fomopéa arrested

He is accused of vandalizing the right to one of the wives of his late father located in the city of Dschang. According to Daily tabloid La Nouvelle Expression, Sa Justin Tientcheu Majesty, Senior Chief of Fomopéa, a village in the district of Fokoue, Division of Menoua was arrested last Monday in Dschang.

A few hours before the mishap, the monarch and nearly half a dozen thugs who accompanied him went vandalizing the concession occupied by one of the wives of his late father, we learn. He is alleged to have ordered his men that the roof of the house including a mini-city be destroyed.

Alerted after the vandalism, the prosecutor of the Court of First Instance of Dschang, who was accompanied by a dozen men in uniform, came to assess the situation before ordering the arrest of the traditional chief and his companions.

According to testimony, the Chief of Fomopéa His Majesty Justin Tientcheu has been fighting for control of the property left by his deceased father but faces outright opposition from his stepmother.