How Ndam Njoya, JJ Ekindi Negated Fru Ndi

- SDF Proposal For Commission on Enquiry Over 1995 Plane Crash Secures 97-11 Votes

By Musa Isa

If John Fru Ndi, the SDF National Chairman ever thought of a re-marriage with Adamu Ndam Njoya or Jean Jacques Ekindi, then last week would be joltive. A proposal tabled by the SDF parliamentary group, for a commission of Enquiry to be created over the 1995 plane crash, was crushed. It had been crushed at the level of the committee, yet the plenary had to make things straight.

The motion only received the blessing of 11 members of parliament. Implicitly, only the 11 SDF MPs that were present, voted for it while 97 others were against. Chronicle learnt that amongst the 97, not only CPDM and UNDP militants that are in an alliance voted against: that CDU MPs of Adamu Ndam Njoya and Jean Jacque Ekindi, were against the impeachment of Tchiroma.

The outcome of last week’s plenary session is what Chronicle gathered angered Ntarinkon. Accordingly, Fru Ndi is quoted to have tacitly acknowledged that his recent alliance with Ndam Njoya had been x-rayed with last week’s vote in parliament.

It was Hon Joseph MbahNdam, one of the vice presidents at the National Assembly and a Fru Ndi stooge, who submitted the proposal. It is believed that it could not have been done without the consent of Fru Ndi.

Though the proposal was rejected at the level of the committee, having been accepted by the Chairman’s conference, Chronicle gathered that the plenary became the judge. It was here that SDF secured just 11 votes as against 97 for others in the house.

A Ntarinkon insider told Chronicle last weekend that with the vote, Fru Ndi had become more stern in his dealings. Chronicle was further told that Fru Ndi saw his defeat as a bridge in an alliance, which he reluctantly foxed out recently. Both Fru Ndi and Ndam Njoya, met for the first time after several years of disagreement, only after the outcome of last year’s presidential elections.

Fru Ndi and Ndam Njoya again were in one accord in Foumban recently, to denounce the new electoral code and propagated a boycott of their participation at the last May 20^th manifestations nationwide. The move worked well, yet, SDF is yet to understand why CDU stands against it in parliament.

MbahNdam had proposed the creation of a parliamentary commission of enquiry over the 1995 CAMAIR plane crash. It was the detained Marafa Hamidou Yaya, who brought out in his fourth (4^th) letter that funds meant to compensate families of the 71 victims of the crash had been siphoned. Marafa singled out Isa Tchiroma, Minister of Communication who at that time was Minister of Transport.

Marafa alleged that some 32 billion FCFA which was handed to Tchiroma in 1995 to handle the disaster, had been unaccountable. SDF exploited this disclosure to pen for the creation of a parliamentary commission of enquiry over the issue. The proposal had since been thrown out.

Meanwhile, another proposal by Hon Nintcheu, SDF vice parliamentary group leader and MP for Wouri had no headway. Hon Nitcheu opted for the lifting of the immunity of President Paul Biya, so that he stands trial over allegations made by Marafa in his letters. But as MbahNdam’s proposal was thrown out, there was no headway but hot air, being made by Hon Nitcheu.