Fecafoot elections

Sen. Mbella Moki re-elected in SW
- Kaba Christopher gets easy win in NW, as J.B. Ndeh withdraws in the 11th hour
By Ojong Steven Ayukogem in Yaounde

Sen. Mbella Moki

A margin of one vote was enough to give incumbent Mbella Moki victory in the race to the presidency of South West Fecafoot.
    Senator Mbella Moki claimed 7 votes after the final vote count, as against 6 votes for his challenger Barrister Nkongho Felix Agbor-Anyior aka Agbor Balla.
    Commentators at the election venue said Senator Mbella Moki could not control his joy when Prof. Ephraim Ngwafor, the Fecafoot Commissioner of the election, proclaimed him the winner.
    Mbella later admitted to The Median that it was not an easy victory for him, especially as his challenger, Agbor Balla was no push-over.
    “It was a difficult and tight election. But at the end God was on my side,” a discernibly happy yet composed Senator Mbella Moki said, calling on his challenger, Barrister Agbor Balla to take the defeat like a sportsman.
    For his part, Barrister Agbor Balla has not yet conceded defeat. Talking to The Median on phone Barrister Agbor Balla said the election was mired by irregularities and that the Fecafoot commissioner Prof Ephraim Ngwafor was anything but objective and neutral. Balla said he has petitioned the Fecafoot normalization committee to seek redress for the “fraud and partiality”.
    But Barrister Balla at once also admitted that it was a good and enriching experience.

“I think it was a good experience. I fought a good fight. But unfortunately the election supervisor, Prof. Ephraim Ngwafor was very partial. Had the Prof. been objective and neutral surely I would have won the election,” a seemingly unruffled Balla told The Median. He expressed a degree of satisfaction with the outcome of the vote, saying that South Westerners can now boast of other very able and trusted persons to manage and revive football in the region. Balla promised he would not throw in the towel; he plans to run in subsequent elections in Fecafoot. “I bet you I will correct my errors next time,” he pledged.
    If the road to the SW Fecafoot presidency proved rugged and tortuous, it was the contrary in the North West region where Kaba Christopher had a clean sweep and was literally voted by acclamation. Kaba’s sole challenger in the election, incumbent John Begheni Ndeh, withdrew from the race in the last minute. J.B. Ndeh said the election should not hold in the first place. He evoked the decision of the Conciliation and Arbitration Chamber of the National Olympic Committee which declared the last General Assembly of Fecafoot illegal and its resolutions null and void. Ndeh who is also a former transport minister and sitting GM of MIDENO said the Fecafoot Normalisation Committee hasn’t the locus standi to organize elections be it general election or regional elections.
    It should be recalled that J.B. Ndeh was the 1st vice president in the sit-tight Iya Mohammed-led Fecafoot bureau. Even though, Ndeh turned against Iya during the last and very turbulent days of the latter’s stewardship. It was unlikely he would have won the election if he ran, especially given the alleged Fecafoot-sponsored mafia and lobby against his candidature. It is widely believed that having smelled a rat, Ndeh advised himself to opt out.
Many voices are already saying that having secured his reelection in South West Fecafoot, Senator Mbella Moki is now poised to lobby and grab the post of 1st Vice president of Fecafoot in almighty Yaounde. We of this newspaper can only wish the Senator good luck.
    Other victors in regional elections include JEAN-JACQUES ZAM in the South, ABBO MOHAMADOU in Adamawa, JOSEPH ESSOFOU in the East, SAMUEL WEMBE in the West, Halim Konate in the North, BOUBAKARI BELLO in the Far North and MVOGO ST. FABIEN in the Centre.
    Elections in the Littoral region were suspended and reprogrammed for another day.