Ayah Paul calls Albert Ngoh, ApackTakor,
Mukwelle Alphonse “Hungry Kumba Boys”
By Ajongakou Santos in Buea
L-R PAP Secretary General, Hon. Justice Ayah Paul,
1st National Vice President, Dr. Ernest Folefac
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The National President of the Popular
Action Party (PAP), former People’s Action Party, says his party will remain
strong and indivisible despite the recent attacks and challenges plaguing the
party. Honorable Justice Ayah Paul Abine made the reassuring remark on
Saturday, 11 June 2016 during a press conference in Buea.
According
to the PAP National Chairman, Albert MukwelleNgoh, ApackTakor and
EkambiMukwelle Alphonse (recently expelled members of the PAP), are “Hungry
Kumba Boys” seeking to secure public compassion. He told press men that the
present party leadership would in its maturity and compassionate disposition
reconsider its decision expelling these dissident elements but this will be
only after “the misguided hungry boys would have repented their sins and
borrowed a leaf from the prodigal son”.
It
should be noted that these three expelled members of the PAP had earlier
published a communiqué sacking Hon. Ayah Paul Abine from the PAP. They accused
Hon. Ayah Paul of mismanaging party funds, single-handedly running the affairs
of the PAP and changing the headquarters of the PAP party from Kumba to Buea.
On
this backdrop therefore, the Advocate General of the Supreme Court of Cameroon
called the press conference to clear the air on these issues; most importantly
hush some local newspapers that published information suggesting that he was under
investigation for alleged embezzlement of party funds. Ayah Paul rubbished the
reports of these journalists promising to take legal action against some of
them.
Hear
him; “No career journalist, much less a professional one, would publish such
trash as three miserable individuals calling a press conference and purporting
to expel a member from a party, let alone when such member is the head of a
party”.
Senior
PAP party members at Saturday’s press conference, notably Mr. AkoAbunaw, PAP’s
permanent campaign manager, added his voice to that of the national chairman,
stating that “there is not and there was never such thing as embezzlement. If
Ayah was interested in money, he should have fallen prey to the sundry traps of
the government in power”. He revealed that Ayah Paul and he have on several
occasions refused collecting colossal sums of money from the CPDM that aimed at
buying them over.
Asked
when, why and how the party name was changed from People’s Action Party to
Popular Action Party, Hon. Justice Ayah Paul Abine said; “I do not know the
interest in this question. We have no reasons for doing so. We just decided to
change the name because we thought ‘Popular’ is better”.
“The
PAP is not like the CPDM who use money from the state coffers without
accountability and legal procedures.”- Ayah Paul blasted, noting that the PAP
is the lone political party in Cameroon that sponsored single-handedly; that is
by Ayah alone.
“The
fact that i have gone for 17 months without salary from the CPDM government;
the fact that even prominent PAP members could not raise as little as 50.000
francs for their candidacies at the 2013 municipal elections only explains the
recent problems of the party. Ayah said because he had to continue sponsoring
the party alone this has led to the collapse of all his businesses including
notably the Buea-based popular snack bar, “Bakassina Cameroon”.
Asked
to comment on the SCNC struggle, Justice Ayah Paul said: “There is not, there
has never been a legal document between Southern Cameroons and La Republique du
Cameroun in reunification. SCNC is doing a great job which I appreciate.”
He
likewise advised SCNC strongholds and members to get to work so that their long
fight won’t be in vain.
“The
SCNC has lost a sense of direction, but is more interested in getting
positions. Let all factions that make up the SCNC come together, educate and
sensitize Southern Cameroonians; should this be done, then they could succeed.
We must clean our house,” he ended.
Also
in attendance at the press conference were, Mr. Caspa Franklin- PAP North West
Regional Representative, MmeEkabe Anita Besumbu- 1st National Vice President,
Dr. Ernest Folefac- Lead Legal National Secretary and the Secretary General
Akoson Raymond.
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