(NewsWatch
Cameroon)-
As the road to the September 30 twin elections
narrows, there are indications of fireworks especially in the Donga Mantung
central constituency (Nkambe and Ndu).
While candidates and electorate await the official
launch of campaigns on September 15, some political parties have been
strategizing through rallies and conferences.
One of the parties running for the elections in
Donga Mantung Central is the CPDM. The party officials in Donga Mantung have
been holding rallies to sensitise its militants on the need to go and collect
their voters cards well ahead of the elections.
After successful rallies in Bongom and Chup,
officials of the party officials moved to Wat where a rally was organized on Sunday
August 18, 2013 where eyewitness account say almost ended in a war with the opposition
SDF.
According information from that part of the
country, the SDF MP’s wife rush to Wat market early on Sunday as the Cameroon
People Democratic Movement (CPDM) was to hold a rally there.
The rally according to reports was aimed at
sensitizing CPDM militants on the need to collect their voters’ cards ahead of
the September 30 twin elections.
Eyewitnesses say Mary Awudu and some local SDF
party officials arrived the Wat market square well ahead of the CPDM officials.
They went to the market sheds that were prepared
for the CPDM event and claimed the CPDM though authorized to organize a public
event is not authorized to use the sheds that were constructed with micro
project grants by the incumbent SDF parliamentarian for Nkambe Central, Hon
Awudu Mbaya Cyprian.
Mary Awudu went to the sheds, removed the
decoration, throw away the “khabarah” (special stool used only by Fons) and this
lead to a roar, eyewitnesses say.
The act provoked the youths of Wat and as she
continued, Bar. Chifu Ngenge David aspiring CPDM councilor for Bongom is said
to have approached.
Mary Awudu reportedly held Bar. Chifu on his tie
and slapped him. As a defensive means, Bar. Chifu also gave Madam Awudu a slap
that cause her to release him.
Other youths from Wat and neighbouring villages who
were informed of the incident, eyewitness account say stormed the market but
were stopped from carrying out their planned action on the SDF official thanks
to the intervention of Shey Nfor Musa and Waka Emmanuel aspiring CPDM
councilors for Nwangri and Mbaa respectively.
Eyewitnesses say the incident would have escalated
should Shey nfor Musa and Waka Emmanuel did not intervene to stop the youths
that flooded the Wat market square.
Informed, the SDO for Donga Mantung quickly
dispatched the second assistant, Mashang Nicholas to Wat. The SDO’s
representative while in Wat asked that the CPDM should change their venue to
calm down the flaring tempers.
After relocating, the rally reportedly went on
hitch free with over 500 SDF militants decamping to join the CPDM.
The over 500 now CPDM militants have come to join
those who decamped in Chup and Bongom.
A similar rally took place in Luh, Ndu Subdivision
and witnessed over 300 SDF militants decamping to the CPDM.
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