Installation ceremony:

New Fako SDO challenged to foster peace & security

By Boris Esono in Buea

The new SDO for Fako has been challenged to work in close collaboration with forces of law and order to ensure peace and security in the division. Engama Emmanuel Ledoux was also told to see to it that schools effectively resume on 4 September, for the 2017/2018 academic year.

                Installing the new SDO on Tuesday 18 July in Limbe, SW Governor Bernard OkaliaBilai, charged the new SDO to fight illegal importation of fuel along the Limbe coast, fight against criminality and banditry as well as settle chieftaincy and land disputes.

                "We are facing provocation and sabotage from some persons who are seeking to disturb the back to school campaign. The SDO should organize himself to make sure that all activities go on in a peaceful atmosphere particularly the land disputes among families and chiefs,” the Governor said.

                For his part, the government delegate to the Limbe City council, Andrew MotangaMonjimba, pledged the support of the population of Fako to help SDO to succeed in his duties.

                A minute of silence was observed for the 34 soldiers that lost their lives in the recent ship wreck off the coast of Limbe.

                Born in 1966 in Yaounde, Center Region, the new SDO is of the 1990-92 batch of graduates from ENAM. Before his appointment as SDO for Fako, Engambe Emmanuel Ledoux was the SDO for Mayo Kani Division in the Far North Region. He replaces Georges Zang III, who is now retired. 

                The outgone SDO, Zang III, will be remembered for his dictatorial administration that instilled fear among the people of Fako. He was alleged to have amassed countless pieces of land through shady deals with local chiefs.

Sometime in January 2014, Zang 111 made a police officer sit on the floor in front of taxicab drivers, at the Mile 17 Motor Park in Buea.