* MP, section president boycott reconciliatory ecumenical service
From
Michael Ndi, on special assignment to Oku
The CPDM
crisis rocking Prime Minister Philemon Yang’s Oku sub division of origin is far
from over. A recent reconciliatory ecumenical service ordered by the Star
Building occupant and chaired by his envoy; the North West governor; yielded
little or no fruits.
Even
though ordered by the prime minister, the quarrelling Oku CPDM officials made
nonsense of the ceremony as a majority of them boycotted the event. In what has
been interpreted as Yang’s inability to stamp his authority even on his native
land, the Oku CPDM section president, Sopse Patrick and the CPDM MP, Hon. Kwei
Andrew stayed away from the event even though it was meant principally to
reconcile both CPDM party officials.
In the heat of the crisis that has been
rocking the CPDM in Oku, Sopse Patrick told The Guardian Post earlier that he
had decided to resign as the CPDM section president for Oku because: “I wrote
to the central committee and President Paul Biya complaining that everything
was going wrong in Oku without any one to bring the house in order but was
ignored...I had to resign because I cannot continue serving a political party
that lacks respect for my person...’’
It was
apparently to put the house in order that the prime minister despatched North
West governor, Adolf Lele L’Afrique to chair the ecumenical service which
unfortunately has further exposed Yang Philemon’s inability to put his
constituency in order.
Meanwhile
speaking at the poorly-attended ecumenical service that was staged in Elak-Oku
on September 29, Lele L’Afrique pleaded with the entire population of Oku and
CPDM militants in particular to bury their prolonged differences and work
together as sons and daughters of the same womb for the sake of peace, unity
and development of their sub-division.
While
praying for divine intervention in Oku, the governor called on the elite to set
a good example for their children to emulate and help the head of state, Paul
Biya to achieve his 2035 vision of emergence.
Besides,
the Oku population was called upon to join hands with the head of state in
preventing the outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus and circumvent the activities
of the extremist group - Boko Haram.
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