Revealed : How the CPDM began negotiating with the SDF( part 2)

It was Mrs Atangana, the wife of Augustine Frederick Bahiyiha MP, leader of a faction of the UPC, who introduced or gave the name of Moise Albert Njambe to Chantal (not to be confused with Chantal Biya) the wife Mr Eboutou. The wife of Mr Kodock knew Njambe since the 90s. It was the period when Njambe had first attempted without success, to mediate between the various leaders of the UPC, who all wanted to lead the famous French-speaking Cameroonian party. Moise Albert Njambe is a courageous breed of a Bassa native, a breed that is almost extinct from the surface of the earth. Moise Albert Njambe he is a born activist. He began making himself known to the public, when in 1987, he organised a demonstration against Colonel Blaise Compaore, the current president of Burkina-Faso, accusing him openly, to have assassinated Colonel Thomas Isidore Sankara. In Cameroon, there are many prejudice attached to the Bassas. One has it that, in whatever they do or get involved in, they become fanatics. And when Martin Belinga Eboutou got the name of Moise Albert Njambe from his wife, he decided to contact him. He asked Njambe if he had contacts with John Fru Ndi, Njambe responded yes. But it was not true. The two men nonetheless booked an appointment.

And when Njambe came for his first meeting Belinga Eboutou, Paul Biya was sitting in an adjoining office, listening to their conversation. He (Njambe) brought no evidence which showed that, he knew or had contacts with John Fru Ndi. Njambe instead brought a 100 page white paper report, with diagrams and statistics on the importance of the opposition to be part of the government. Mr Eboutou was not impressed and almost asked for Njambe’s arrest. But he (Njambe) escaped arrest because the head of state that was following their deliberations from an adjoining room and was impressed. He whispered to Eboutou to give Njambe a freehand to carry on with the mediation.Njambe left the presidency of the republic happy but with some anxiety. For he knew he had never met with the chair of the SDF or any top ranking member of the SDF before. He did not know how to start. But all he knew was that, he had to bring back results to Mr Eboutou or face disgrace and eventual arrest for usurpation. As a bright man who knows the operational mechanics of politicians, he first contacted Professor Henri Hogbe Nlend, who was leader of one of the three factions of a party that bored the initials: UPC.