Noun: inter-tribal conflict sparks after Tikar chief calls Sultan Mbombo Njoya “son”
By Stephen TADAHA
Tension was almost at its peak in Magba, Noun division of the West region on February 3 after the Bamoun people attacked the Tikar leader during the Sultan’s visit to the village.
The King of the Tikar people in Magba reportedly called Sultan Nabil Mbombo Njoya “son” during his welcome speech and this angered the Sultan’s subjects who instantly attacked and even undressed their host. Witnesses say he was later forced to lay down before the Sultan who then used him as a foot stool.
In a video shot at the Magba Palace, the Sultan’s guards can be seen interrupting their host’s speech, attacking him and obliging him to say “my King” instead of “my son”.
“Hey hey hey! What is it? The King and not your son. The King, he is your father. Who are you calling your son?” says a guard in the video.
“No, we can’t accept that. He calls the Sultan his Son? Are you mad?” continues the guard.
Some witnesses say this did not end there:
“They also obliged Tikar king to lie before the Sultan who stepped on him,” the eyewitness tells CNA.
After the scene, an irate Tikar population stormed the streets of Magba, destroying properties belonging to the Bamoun.
History has it that the Bamoun through a certain Prince Nchare Yen, in the year 1394 left Tikar in the Adamawa with about 200 men to settle in the Noun and create the Bamoun Kingdom. The Tikars are thus considered as direct ancestors to the Bamoun reason why Sultan Nabil Mbombo Njoya after his enthronment, had to pay a courtesy visit to the Tikars for blessings.
