NOWEFU Crisis

Fon Chafah rubbishes Fon Teche

Fon Chafah and Fon Teche Njei

In every way one may look at it Fon Chafah of Bangolang and Fon Teche Njei of Ngyenmuwa are good friends; but in many ways they have become rivals just because the craving for supremacy in the North West Fons Union-NOWEFU. Today, the two ring leaders of “the Kaduna mafia” as they used to be considered by their peers, have descended so low as to wash their royal linens in public. This has been confirmed by a release issued recently by Fon Chafah rubbishing his former ally Fon Teche.
    What is however intriguing to observers is that these former friends are today separately claiming ownership of NOWEFU. Last week Fon Chafah fired an unguided missile at the direction of Fon Teche. In a letter to Mezam SDO, Nguele Nguele Felix, which several quarters were copied titled “Truth and Facts which may be bitter but necessary for posterity”, Fon Chafah outlined the following points against his former friend:
    -Senator Fon Teche Njei has never convened a single General Assembly or Executive meeting of NOWEFU since his election in 2012, thereby leading the association single-handedly with demagogy, manipulation, division and misinformation. He has even summarily put aside his Secretary General, Fon Ndofoa Zofoa of Babungo.
    -Being the first 3rd Class Fon with a very tiny population to head NOWEFU, he has systematically excluded all the First Class and Second Class fons and other prominent fons of the region from the affairs of the association, so as to continuously manipulate the few fons who run after him.

    -Clandestine trips to Yaounde to harass state officials for pecuniary gains and self aggrandizement are frequent under his leadership, thereby putting the once respected Fons of the region to ridicule and disgrace.
    -A grand fundraising was organized by him soon after his election to complete a multi-purpose secretariat complex of NOWEFU built up to 80% under my presidency, no work has been done and no account rendered of the ten million FCFA collected for that purpose. In fact reliable sources hold that huge sums of money were collected by him and pocketed from prominent state personalities amongst which are the Secretary General and Assistant Secretary General at the Presidency, and the delegate general of the National Security.
    -Politics being a game of numbers and results, it is on record that fon Teche has never won any election for the ruling CPDM where he is Senator and Central Committee member through appointment. His Batibo Constituency has been in the hands of the opposition since the inception of multi-party politics. His colleague in the senate, Fon Doh Gayonga of Bali proudly has his Bali council under the control of the CPDM. I equally proudly have all the two (2) parliamentary seats, the Senatorial seat and all the three councils in my Ngoketunjia constituency under the CPDM. That is what we call support for President Paul Biya, National Chairman of the ruling party and not empty noise and demagogy. CPDM is the winning party in my Fondom Bangolan.
    In light of the foregoing sir, I entreat you to take this moment of truth in good faith and to support us to re-establish legality of NOWEFU.
    With the expiration of Fon Teche’s mandate on the 16th of March 2015, he no longer has the locus standi to act on behalf of NOWEFU and any attempt by him to convene any meeting to modify our constitution shall be considered null and void. Also, any administrative authority or persons dealing with him in that capacity are not doing so in the interest of the North West Fons. The Advisory Council of NOWEFU shall be meeting very soon to chart a way forward for the association with a view to putting in place a transitional committee to organize elections for a new President General from any of the two gaining divisions”.
    Fon Chafah also revealed that NOWEFU is a legal structure and was duly registered on 10 November 2010 by the then Senior Divisional Officer for Mezam, Jules Marcelin Djaga.
    Fon Chafah wonders why Mezam SDO is urging Fon Teche to organize a general assembly to adopt a new constitution for NOWEFU even though NOWEFU already has three different constitutions.