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Buea Mayor Ekema Patrick, is dead !
Buea MayorEkema Patrick, is dead !
Ekema Patrick Esunge, the controversial Mayor of Buea yesterday Sunday suddenly died in a hospital in Douala where he was rushed after suffering a malaise, The Horizon learned.
The sad news of the death of Ekema, 43, hit Buea like a bomb and spread with apparent lightning speed, especially as the mayor had become so infamous in the town, for his anti-ghost town/separatist campaigns.
On ghost town days since the eruption of the Anglophone crisis, he would, assisted by security forces, break open Buea business premises and or seal some for respecting the call for civil disobedience.
The deceased took over as Mayor of Buea from Charles Mbella Moki,now Senator, in 2013. But because of personality conflict, the deceased and Senator Moki –both members of the ruling CPDM sharply disagreed and stayed apart from each other.
The deceased also did not agree with a majority of Fako elite, as he accused them of working against his political successes.
The deceased mayor had “sacked” two of his deputies Ojongkpot Comfort and Motomby Mbombe Emmanuel.
Late Mayor Ekema, who has left behind a wife and several children, was involved in several scandals such as land grabbing and alleged GCE certificate forgery.
But as courageous as Ekema was, he was still planning to stand for re-election should the CPDM win the coming Municipal elections in Buea; Very little about his achievements as Mayor was known to the electorate.
He spent time and money fighting his various adversaries (and they were in their numbers).
However, he was reportedly admired by the Yaounde Establishment, especially as he sided with the Cameroon Government in fighting against ghost towns and separatist activities, which have brought untold suffering on the populations.
He is accused of overstepping his powers by opposing the holding of the Anglophone General Conference, spearheaded by Christian Cardinal Tumi, on Buea soil.
By Press time, the corpse was still to arrive Buea Mortuary from Douala.