It is emerging that the Social Democratic
Front SDF is still in search of a venue that begins February 22 in Bamenda.
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| SDF 2018 Convention |
Initially planned for the multipurpose hall
of the St Joseph Metropolitan Cathedral Big Mankon, the convention was moved to
the multipurpose hall of Presbyterian Church Ntamulung for reasons of size.
Party sources maintained that the convention will take place in the Ntamulung
hall until Tuesday 20 when information started circulating on Social Media that
the management committee of the hall had backpedaled on their early decision to
allow the SDF use the hall.
Though no major reasons is being given for
the change, inside sources close to the committee say it is for security
reasons. The fear of the church our source adds on the repeated treats on the
party and particularly the party chairperson John Fru Ndi from separatists who
now consider him an enemy for continuously participating in Cameroon activities.
Their disagreement with the organization of the SDF Convention has been
published via messages in audio and text formats and distributed on Social
Media. According to the Wednesday Edition of the Lone English daily The
Guardian Post, John Fru Ndi reacted swiftly to the threats from Ambazonia
activists that they will disrupt the convention stating that “no amount of
intimidation will stop the party from going ahead with the gathering that runs
from February 22-24.
At the time of this report, a press briefing
was suppose to be going on according to sources close to the party information
Officer Beatrice Animbom Munjo. With no independent confirmation of what the briefing
was going to address, it is speculated that the new venue for the convention
will be announced.
There are internal plans to have state and
party security work together to ensure a hitch free convention.
Hilltop Voices now has it on good authority
that the venue will be the Bamenda Congress.