Belated mea culpa

Nico Halle

Nico Halle rejects “ntumfor” rehabilitation
- Says the decision by NOWEFU reinstating him as ntumfor is coming too little too late; it is a non-event.
By Ndjodzefe Nestor in Bamenda
Douala-based Barrister, Nico Halle, has rejected a decision of the North West Fons Union, NOWEFU reinstating him as the “ntumfor” of NW fons.
    Nico Halle who is also a renowned international advocate, a peace crusader and International elections monitor, says he will not and can not accept NOWEFU’s reinstatement decision for the simple reason that it is coming only now – 8 years after a former president of NOWEFU unilaterally signed a decision withdrawing the “ntumfor” title from his humble person.
    “Why is it coming only now, where were the fons since eight years ago that their misguided colleague took his obnoxious decision. No matter the good will of the fons in  reinstating the title on me, I think it is coming a little too late. I will and cannot accept it,” said sBarrister Nico Halle in a telephone conversation with this reporter.

    Besides, the legal luminary and socio-political gadfly said the damage to his image and person has already been done; accepting the reinstatement will not make good the damage.
    ‘I am a legal practitioner of no mean renown; my image counts a lot for what I do. How do they expect me to accept their decision after all the damage the ntumfor title has done my image?” Nico Halle wondered, saying that he has many other tittles attached to his name; the ntumfor title will add very little to his public image and name.
    Sounding discernibly hurt, Nico Halle, who is also an ardent Presbyterrean Christian and former president of the Christian men’s fellowship of the PCC, recalled how he sacrificed his wealth, his time, his life… in fact everything, just so that NOWEFU should have the support and respect that it deserves, only for one self-seeking individual to “disgrace” him publicly in 2008.
    “I expected the fons to have come all out at that time to call their colleague to order; they did not. So what has prompted their decision today?” Nico Halle questioned rhetorically, re-affirming that he still has a lot of respect for the fons as custodians of the traditions and customs of the North West people.
    “I will continue to respect the fons. Those who are my friends will continue to be my friends,” Nico Halle said, noting that God created human beings to live together as brothers “but unfortunately, some over-zealous individuals always want to put asunder what God has put together.”
    Nico Halle however thanked the fons for coming back to their good senses, even if though he considers their unanimous decision as a non-event.
    It should be mentioned that the fons took the decision reinstating Nico Halle as ntumfor, at a General Assembly Meeting of NOWEFU, in Bambili, on 29 May 2015. The decision was signed by the president of NOWEFU, Fon Teche Njei II.