SDF Presidential Candidate Has No Nationality Issues, Says NEC

                         Hon Osih Joshua SDF Fagbearer For 2018

The National Executive Committee of the Social Democratic Front Party SDF headed by Ni John Fru Ndi has declared that the party’s flagbearer for the 2018 Presidential Polls, Hon. Osih Joshua Nambangi has no issues of nationality as recently propagated by the rumour mill. According Dr. Forjindam, the SDF party had filed in to ELECAM a complete file with a copy of a duly signed declaration of his nationality which is no other than Cameroonian.

Speaking on Saturday July 28 in Bamenda after the one item NEC meeting, Dr. Forjindam, the party’s internal auditor told Pressmen that they as a party are going in to this election with all the confidence to win and win big and that they are not scared that their candidate would be rejected. He reiterated that before the party made the choice of Hon Osih Joshua, they made sure everything was intact and to the best of their knowledge Osih Joshua is going to do the job. To him this unfounded talk on Hon. Osih Joshua having a dual nationality is being propagated by some CPDM cohorts who are frightened of SDF’s Candidate in the upcoming election. Dr. Forjindam wondered aloud how can people put to question the nationality of a seating law maker when it is clear that tabling documentation for any national election requires that a certificate of nationality be included.

Commenting on Osih’s foreign trip abroad where he met with Cameroonians in the Diaspora, Dr. Forjindam said the flagbearer went out there not only to galvanize support but to sought out ways of resolving the ongoing crisis in the country. On the question as to how SDF is planning to tackle campaigns and eventually have election in the restive Anglophone zones, the spokesperson for NEC said his party has a strategy to go about it when the time comes and for the funding he said the SDF party and its militants are already mobilizing resources for campaign.

Osih’s challenger is incumbent President Biya who is said to have won all elections in Cameroon since 1992 and the question as to what would be the difference come October 7, Presidential polls. Dr Forjindam retorted by saying President Biya has never won an election since 1992 rather he has been rigging but this time around SDF is not going to take the usual rigging laying down. The party has put in place a strategy to counter any move to rig in favour of any Candidate. The SDF he said to has taken care of ELECAM, a structure which the main opposition party has always looked at in disdain given its form and structure, man by appointed regime barons and former CPDM diehards. On the question of a possible coalition with other Candidates to come up with single candidate to face president Biya, sources within SDF indicate that in the days ahead Cameroonians would be served with surprises for discussions have been advanced in that direction.

By Ignatius Nji