The Divisional Officer, DO for Mbonge Subdivision, Simon Sombe, has identified disunity as a common enemy of peace and development among the Bakundus in his area of command.
Sombe made the assertion Saturday, November 22, 2014, during the installation ceremony of Charles Esoe, as the new traditional ruler of Boa Bakundu. Boa Bakundu is located in Mbonge Subdivision of the Southwest Region.
According to the administrator, the Bakundus have a serious problem of peaceful coexistence. He stressed that such a problem is uncalled for, given that; Cameroon is seeking for ways to consolidate peace and national integration.
“Any proponent of disorder will face me. I am a torn in the flesh of every evil doer because I will quarantine and isolate any person who is promoting discord among the Bakundus, because disunity is worst than Ebola," the administrator told the elite at the installation ceremony.
Disunity, the DO continued, is the major cause of chieftaincy and land crises in the Subdivision. Sombe called on the President General of the Bankundu Cultural and Development Union, BACDU, Justice Benjamin Motanga Itoe, to ensure cohesion among his kith and kin.
The BACDU President, however, declined commenting on the challenges of disunity affecting his people as pointed out by the administrator.
The administrator instructed the new Chief and his Traditional Council to sustain the respect of State institutions; maintain law and order and ensure the continuous development of the village.
Sombe told the Chief not to be afraid, given that, all the frontrunners of the once vacant Boa Bakundu throne have unanimously thrown their weight behind the choice of the Traditional Council.
In this light, the DO advised the new Chief to be an advocate of peace, given that, all internal wrangling have been arrested in the course of the consultative talks.
Chief Charles Esoe takes over from late Chief John Mekomba as the traditional ruler of Boa Bakundu. Esoe, holds a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration from the United States of America, USA. He did his primary and secondary education in Cameroon before proceeding to Nigeria and later to the USA to further his studies.
The 58-year-old, who has spent most of his life out of the country, was born on November 15, 1956 in Kumba. He is now expected to lead the over 7,000 inhabitants of the village out of underdevelopment. Boa Bakundu has a cosmopolitan population, with the indigenes constituting a minority.
