Honourable Ayah Paul who was recently redeployed to the Supreme Court of Cameroon by a Presidential decree is reported to have attended a meeting in Buea called by Mola Njoh Litumbe.
Mola Njoh Litumbe is a Senior Citizen and Adviser of the secessionist movement, the Southern Cameroon’s National Council (SCNC).
Asked by THE SUN to justify Ayah’s presence at the meeting, Mola Njoh was largely rhetorical, questioning if the SCNC pays those who work for it.
His words: “…He (Ayah) is a very important person. The papers and the internet are full of conversations about him. So I felt that a person like him should be present. Before Ayah was made chairman (Ayah is said to have been elected SCNC Chairman in his absence), I had admired his performances. Mind you, even when he was in the CPDM and in parliament, he was openly challenging the government. If he had not done that, he would have been in a tough position today…if you find a person like that, I see people casting aspersions on him. When did you pay him to be your slave? The man has his own views about how Cameroon should be run. And he volunteered himself. Can you pay me for the work I’m doing? When I travel abroad, have I ever asked you for five francs? Why should I be spending family resources instead of looking after my children and grand children for the benefit of people I don’t even know? It is because I think it is the proper thing to do.”
Dialogue with SCNC or else… Mola Njoh tells Biya
Mola Njoh also advised President Paul Biya to sue for dialogue with the SCNC before things turn sour.
Mola Njoh was speaking to THE SUN on January 17, 2015 shortly after the press conference he organised to set records straight on the conditions under which the Southern Cameroon’s got independence by joining La Republique du Cameroun.
Mola Njoh during the conference presented recordings of his declarations made on CRTV Morning Safari and Cameroon Calling after the Reunification Colloquium in Buea on the eve of celebrations that marked the 50th anniversary of Cameroon’s reunification.
Mola Njoh said during the press conference that he will produce the information into CDs that will be made available to the ordinary Cameroonian as a means of sensitising them on the entire process that led to the Southern Cameroon’s gaining independence by joining La Republique du Cameroun.
“…that is why I’m attempting in the education of the masses. If dialogue doesn’t work, the repercussions will be more serious to you than to me. How many more years have I to be alive? If I cross my hands and say I will do nothing, then the effects on you will be more serious than it will be to me. So, you should be concerned to extend the message to all your people,” Mola Njoh said.
He went on t say that “it is our future which is at stake and we should press for dialogue…Honourable Enoh Tanjong and I agreed that if there is a difference, then people should go into dialogue. It is now up to the regime to listen to what we are saying.”
“…I’m only an adviser to the SCNC. People like Fru Ndi and myself were appointed as advisers of the SCNC. We said the younger people should carry on with the leadership. I’m coming into this because the younger people have not handled this thing well,” Mola Njoh said.
The press conference was attended by Hon. Lord Justice Ayah Paul Abine, though he stayed mute throughout.