Conversation betweenNguelemedouga & Cappolytree

Nguelemedouga interjected: “Be very clear Cappolytree. And please I don’t want proverbs in our conversation”. And like a child, Cappolytree, an exuberant burly responded: “all right boss”. And he added: “I am going to use one stone to kill two birds”. Nguelemedouga interrupted him again: “I have warned you not spice our conversation of today with any proverbs”. “Ok!” Cappolytree replied. And he went on: “I am going to be very clear and direct”. “That is good. Now, tell me what and how you want me to help you, as a brother as you are claiming?” Nguelemedouga asked Cappolytree. “Ok!” Cappolytree answered and said: “I want to become the MP of Nyanon and the fact that, you are welcoming every one here with pomp and fanfare and I am considered not worth a fly, makes me to panic. If I am not elected MP, I think I will be on the highway to jail, provided the radar of the fight against corruption locates me.” “It will locate you never mind”. Nguelemedouga told Cappolytree.

And he added: “is it because you want to become an MP by all means that, instead of coming here to let me know you decided to write long petition letters to Yaoundé against me?” Cappolytree could not respond but was instead apologetic. He mumbled: “Forgive me.” “That is not how you have to apologise. Especially that, I am older than you. You also know that, before you could come here and confess today, I knew before you why you would do anything in order to become an MP of this sub district. You also know this district was created for you”. Nguelemedouga told Cappolytree. Cappolytree was impressed at the depth of information that, Nguelemedouga had on him. He sat for a while motionless in the sofa of the office of Nguelemedouga and then rose up and said to the sub district officer: “Thank you very much for having accepted to welcome me. I won’t waste your precious time. Here is something for you and your family.” Cappolytree open his wallet and gave the sub district officer the sum of CFA France 2 million. The sub district officer did not say thank you but said: “now that, you have behaved well, I can assure you today that, you will be in the Glass House at next June’s secession.” Cappolytree left but was not very confident, he still thought of contacting a stand by team of lawyers in case, Nguelemedouga doesn’t honour his promise and thus, he is not elected into parliament and the dragnet of the anticorruption machine catches him. What he did not know was that, Nguelemedouga was a man of word. He made everything possible in order for Cappolytree to be elected into parliament, but in a clean way. He was not a brutal electoral fraud, as most of his colleagues were. His stratagem to enable Cappolytree to win the parliamentary seat of Nyanon was a weapon of massive disinformation.

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The meeting in Nyanon between Nguelemedouga & Cappolytree

For all the petition letters written against Nguelemedouga, and petition writing being one of the specialities of Cappolytree and also that of people of his region and which could change the career of any civil servants in the area, had little or no effect on Nguelemedouga. Even though disappointed at his low level reception, Cappolytree fought to put on an Olympian calm, and walked into the reception room of the office of the sub district officer, made himself known to the secretary and sat in the sofa like all other people who had an appointment with the representative of the government in the area. After Nguelemedouga had received all those who were there before Cappolytree, the secretary of the boss of the sub district called out the name of Cappolytree and informed him that, it was his turn. He rose up and walked into the office where Nguelemedouga was standing at the centre of his office. They saluted each other, and then Nguelemedouga signalled to Cappolytree to have a seat. They did not exchange pleasantries and Nguelemedouga began attacking Cappolytree verbally: “Do you think that, I will support a fraudster to a point of supporting him to be elected Member of Parliament?” Cappolytree could not even open his mouth to respond. Nguelemedouga bombarded him again: “I have a lot of information concerning you and I have also been informed in detail on all the petitions you and your brothers have written concerning me. But I will want to remind you that, I am a native Beti and I have worked in areas of this country that are more dangerous than this one”. He continued: “I am therefore not one bit impressed by you or your brothers. Whatever I plan to do, I will do it and I am here to serve the state and not the CPDM party or the head of state”. He concluded: “I am not a politician, but a civil servant.”

If Cappolytree doubted that Nguelemedouga despised him, he now had an opportunity to authenticate it. Shocked, as he was the only thing he could do was not to counter attack but try to calm the inflamed sub district officer and also try to create an opportunity for friendship. Cappolytree told Nguelemedouga: “calm down boss”. And he jokingly added: “You that, you Betis were ours slaves in the past before the White men came and remember, once a slave, a slave remains a slave, even long after he may have won his liberty”. Flattered and impressed by the traits of humour of Cappolytree, Nguelemedouga replied: “No, the Bassas are the ones who were the slaves of the Betis and not the contrary.” Then Cappolytree sensing that, he has destabilised and perhaps succeeded to calm the anger that Nguelemedouga had toward him, he said gently: “I am here to see you as a brother and I know you can help me out”. He continued: “Look, I don’t want Yaoundé to be concern about this. It is a matter between you and me. It is matter that concerns the heart and the toe.” Nguelemedouga interjected: “Be very clear Cappolytree. And please I don’t want proverbs in our conversation”. And like a child, Cappolytree, an exuberant burly responded: “all right boss”. And he added: “I am going to use one stone to kill two birds”. Nguelemedouga interrupted him again: I have warned you not spice our conversation of today with any proverbs. “Ok!” Cappolytree replied. And he went on: “I am going to be very clear and direct”. “That is good. Now, tell me what and how you want me to help you, as a brother as you are claiming?”

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An excellent administrator called Ngelemedouga

Nguelemedouga was an excellent administrator, who represented the government fully well wherever he was posted. His obsession wherever he was posted, was to make sure that, all government agencies were present and functioning. He acted in the same way in Couseri and he was now acting in the same manner in Nyanon. One thing he fought hard to accomplish was to make the roads into and out of Nyanon, all season roads. For the roads leading into and out of Nyanon were stony and dusty in the dry season and stony and muddy in the raining seasons. Roads in and out of Nyanon had in both seasons, her share of inconvenience that she caused to her users. And Nguelemedouga wanted to help the people by trying to improve the conditions of those roads. He knew more than most, the importance of good roads in the development of the economy of enclave regions like Nyanon. Besides focusing on security and road issues of the sub district, Nguelemedouga also focused on health and education. Hence he encouraged the government to open primary and secondary schools and also a sub district hospital complete with a pharmacy. He also promoted sports and even sponsored a local football team and hand ball teams that was made up of separately of boys and girls teams, which even won the divisional competition.

Although Nguelemedouga was an excellent administrator, who won over the heart of the head state, hence whatever he asked he was given, he nonetheless had one weak point. It was women. Even though he was married and had three children amongst which was the brilliant Risdoh, Nguelemedouga could not see a woman and control himself and such a mannerism in Bassaland, was tantamount to walking on a tightrope, without protective nets beneath. The day that Nguelemedouga proposed to receive Cappolytree for a meeting in his office came and the businessman, put up an impressive motorcade made up of Japanese made four wheel drive cars and rode into Nyanon. Cappolytree thought that, he will be welcomed by Nguelemedouga at the bridge which served as entrance into Nyanon. The Nyanon bridge links Nyanon sub district to Ngambe sub district, and as the tradition requires, the sub district officer goes to the bridge, to welcome dignitaries coming to visit the locality. Even though Nguelemedouga did not go to welcome Cappolytree, he had made a ritual, since he was appointed sub district officer to go and welcome at the Nyanon Bridge, all dignitaries even leaders of the smallest political party who was in the sub district to stage a political rally. Cappolytree was not welcomed into the sub district at the Nyanon Bridge, as the tradition requires, he was not also welcomed either at the entrance of the office of the sub district building by the sub district officer Mr Nguelemedouga, but by one of his designated clerk. Cappolytree was not happy, for it was another snub from the sub district officer. But he was not surprised and could not do anything.

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