Cameroon: SM Nji Monluh Seidou Pokam seals the clash between the Bangangté and Balengou chiefdoms
Chief Bangangté in the department of Ndé recriminates against the chief institution Balengou. He accuses him of the flagrant violation of customs during the arrest of the current Balengou chief, His Majesty Elvis Nguemeni Hapi on December 11, 2021.
Following the death of his father, the late His Majesty Marcelin Hapy, returned to the land of the ancestors. Tension in the department of Ndé! The leader of the Nji Monluh Seidou Pokam group has been obviously bitter since December 11, 2021 when during the "arrest" of the current leader Balengou, His Majesty Elvis Nguemeni Hapy who thus succeeded his father, the late His Majesty Marcelin Hapy deceased, he observed a sprain, that is to say "a flagrant violation of customs" in the process.
What does this "flagrant violation of customs" consist of? To this questioning, His Majesty Nji Monluh Seidou Pokam suggests that since the dawn of time, in accordance with the traditional pacts which, in terms of survival, bind the Bangangté and Balengou chiefdom, it is the Balengou chief who must arrest the Bangangté chief. and vice versa, in the event of the death of either Fo'o within the framework of their respective estates. After the death of Chief Balengou, the late His Majesty Marcelin Hapy, the 1st Minister of this bereaved chiefdom, as tradition requires, kept him informed of this requiem situation so that he came to open the lamentations.
In the meantime, this emissary informed him that the illustrious disappeared, in his last wishes, had rather chosen the chief of Batcha in Haut-Nkam for the arrest of his successor. A unilateral and vexatious decision which, not being to the liking of Chief Bangangté, led him to shun the funeral of the late His Majesty Marcelin Hapy. “The day of the arrest of the new chief Balengou, declares His Majesty Nji Monluh Seidou Pokam, I did not travel to Balengou but I joined the pantheon where my ancestors meet to tell them of the humiliation which I had just experienced from the illustrious deceased. Balengou. And afterwards, they told me about the immediately applicable and irreversible recommendations against the Balengou chieftaincy. »
Customs
Among the ranks of these recommendations are: the formal and strict ban on all Bangangté kings, starting with the one on the throne, from going to the Balengou chiefdom again, a violation of this provision will lead to the anger of the Bangangté ancestors without any solution; no Balengou chief shall for any reason whatsoever take part in the enthronement ceremonies of a Bangangté chief and if a Balengou chief violates this provision by being interested in the arrest of a Bangangté chief, he will fall blind.
Worse, until the end of time and counting the kings currently in office, the Bangangté and Balengou chefs will never again share the same meal and to translate into custom, they will never again eat together the meals prepared in the same kitchen. ; As of this day, it is strictly forbidden for any Bangangté known to his superior chief to go to the Balengou chiefdom, to make any contribution or support whatsoever to the Balengou chief. His Majesty Nji Monluh Seidou Pokam maintains that these ancestral prescriptions now lead to the total dislocation of customary and traditional secular pacts between the two chiefdoms.
Mafia
However, it should be noted that from well-informed sources, particularly in the ranks of certain Balengou elites, the prefect of Ndé was heavily involved in the mafia which presided over the arrest of His Majesty Elvis Nguemeni Hapy. “Because the old records of appointment of the Balengou chiefs, archived, state that it is the Bangangté chiefs who have always arrested the Balengou chiefs. This means that the representative of the guardianship had to consult them beforehand before appointing the new Balengou chief. Because these minutes are available. However due to prebends offered to him by corrupt elites, he did not. Therefore, he has not rendered a fair service,” our sources say, annoyed.
Filbert Michel Josue AZAP NDONGO / 237online.com
