Tubah SDF councillors boycott district elections

Councillors of the SDF-run Tubah council have exhibited their determination to unanimously stand behind their mayor, Tanjong Martin. The signal was passed on during the re-organization of the Tubah SDF electoral district last November 7, when a majority of councillors; 26 out 31 inexplicably boycotted.

Perplexed over the state of affairs, the North West regional chairman of the SDF, Njong Evaristus who organized the re-organization regretted that they were barred from using the council hall which is under the control of SDF “to an extent that the party spent 70.000FCFA to hire JOMAX Hotel conference hall for the meeting.”

During the re-organization proper, a certain Taba Peter was voted as Tubah district chairman to replace Martin Tanjong who formerly held the position, while the ex-mayor, Stanislaus Sofa, who is currently awaiting trial at the Bamenda central prison was elected financial secretary and the second deputy mayor, Bonifa Chikelem emerged as secretary.

Meanwhile, after the SDF NEC meeting of Saturday November 8, the Tubah mayor, Tanjong Martin was served with Article 8.2 two days later. The application of Article 8.2, political pundits argue, was long over-due given that Tanjong did not respect the SDF’s investiture committee decision which gave blessings rather to the then Mayor Stanislaus Sofa to be retained as Tubah mayor.