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Detained Bangolan notables charged; Fon Chafah denies demanding their pound of flesh.
Detained Bangolan notables charged; Fon Chafah denies demanding their pound of flesh.
Is Senator Fon Chafah Isaac XI taking his revenge on Bangolan village notables having masterminded his foiled dethronement in 2016 that sparked a Chieftaincy dispute?
That is the belief of supporters of some notables detained by the Ndop Gendarmerie and now charged with non-possession of ID Cards, and unwillingness to collaborate with forces fighting separatists.
The notables of the Fondom were arrested on May 13th 2020 and held for several days in a military barrack before being taken to prison. They will be taken to court in the days ahead. A source says “they have been charged with non-possession of ID cards and for not collaborating with the military in Bangolan to arrest amba boys”.
One of the arrested notables, a source adds, was released on the basis of his advanced age and will only appear in court when need arises.
“The rest were sent to prison to await trial which begins next Thursday,” he explains.
Some Bangolan natives however insist the notables’ arrest is as a result of the raging chieftaincy conflict that arose in 2016. A video later emerged on social media in which wives of the jailed notables pleaded for their husbands to be released.
The armed soldiers, they said, have been coming to take food from them but won’t permit them meet their husbands.
Senator Fon Chafah Isaac XI, accused of masterminding the arrest, told The Horizon by phone yesterday that justice would take its course.
Asked if he was not pulling the strings, the Fon said as a magistrate he would not dwell on speculations. He told us to ask the authorities the right reasons for arresting the notables.
A fuming Fon Chafah boasted that some journalists had fuelled the chieftaincy crisis in Bangolan and were not happy to see him emerge stronger than before.