Gendarmes, Town Crier threatened over vacant stool

Threats of spiritual blindness is hanging over a Town Crier in Big Nganjo village, Meme Division, Southwest Region and Gendarme Officers who recently showed up to arrest some villagers in the face of growing tension over the vacant stool of the village.

The Post gathered that the race to replace the former Vice President of the Southwest Chiefs' Conference, SWEC, William Ekong, turned ugly June 23, when the security officers showed up in the village.

The gendarmes had reportedly come to arrest some villagers who turned down an invitation for questioning over happenings in the village.

Reports hold that as the security officers stepped on Nganjo, the villagers descended to the roads and chased them away.

Some elders of the said village reportedly threatened to handle the law enforcement officers in a spiritual way if they dare to interfere in the chieftaincy saga that has split the village into factions.

The Town Crier on his part is said to be receiving the same threats of being stroke by spiritual blindness for daring to pass across information to the village from the Traditional Council Chairman.

Big Nganjo, The Post gathered, now operates in two camps. The kingmakers are split over the choice of the next Chief. On the line for the race to the stool is Prince Divine Diboto Mofa,a Petrochemical Engineer and the Traditional Council Chairman Daniel Mbongo on the other front.

While Diboto who is based in Douala is said to be enjoying some influence over the village and reportedly pulling the strings from the background, Mbongo on his part based in Big Nganjo is said to be having hard times managing the village.

It would be recalled that before the demise of Chief Ekong in January this year, the Presence of the Diboto son of late Chief Mofa of the same village reportedly split the kingmakers.

The division among the kingmakers is said to be what triggered the search for a new Chief even while Ekong was still alive.

To the surprise of observers of Mbonge culture, Diboto performed a traditional rite at the 2014 Mbonge Cultural and Development Organisation, MECDO congress in Big Njango; a right naturally reserved for the host Chief.

While the administration of Mbonge Subdivision is reportedly bracing up to put a stop to the growing anarchy in Big Nganjo, reports from the village hold that threats of spiritual blindness and mysterious death and even disappearance have taken centre stage among the different camps in the village.