Ekema Patrick Esunge,
the controversial Mayor of Buea yesterday Sunday suddenly died in a hospital in
Douala where he was rushed after suffering a malaise, The Horizon learned.
The sad news of the
death of Ekema, 43, hit Buea like a bomb and spread with apparent lighting
speed, especially as the mayor had become so infamous in the
town , for his anti-ghost town/separatist
onslaughts.
On ghost town days
since the eruption of the Anglophone crisis, he would, assisted by security
forces, break open Buea business premises and or seal some for respecting the
call for civil disobedience.
The deceased took
over as Mayor of Buea from Charles Mbella Moki,now Senator, in 2013. But
because of personality conflict, the deceased and Senator Moki –both members of
the ruling CPDM sharply disagreed and stayed apart from each other.
The deceased also did
not agree with a majority of Fako elite, as he accused them of working his
political successes.
The deceased mayor
“sacked” two of his deputies Ojongkpot Comfort and Motomby Mbombe Emmanuel.
Late Mayor Ekema, who
has left behind a wife and several children, was involved in several scandals
such as land grapping and alleged GCE certificate forgery. But as courageous as Ekema was,he was still
planning to stand for reelection should the CPDM win the coming Municipal
elections in Buea; Very little about his achievements as Mayor was known to the
electorate.
He spent time and
money fighting his various adversaries (and they were in their numbers).
However, he was
reportedly admired by the Yaounde Establishment, especially as he sided with the
Cameroon Government in fighting against ghost towns and separatist activities,
which have brought untold suffering on the populations.
By Press time, there
corpse was still to arrive Buea Mortuary form Douala.
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