Marie Um Nyobe – I’m Not Afraid is not anymore. The widow of Ruben Um Nyobè passed away on September 13, 2023. The announcement was made by the trend ofUnion of the people of Cameroon (UPC) led by Robert Bapooh Lipot. In a press release which indicates that the “ comrade, fighter and heroine of the struggle for the Independence and Reunification of Cameroon », died at the Cnps hospital in Yaoundé. Nothing more.
So, to the day, 65 years after the tragic disappearance of the father of Cameroon’s independence, his wife, the one who accompanied him to the “Maquis”, joined him. “ This memorable date, September 13, 1958, when in Libelingoï, she saw the martyr Ruben Um Nyobe die under the bullets of French colonialist forces. », Underlines the press release. Mentioning that that same day in this bush of the current department of Nyong-et-Kelle, the one who accompanied Mpodol to his hiding place, had seen “ of his own mother Ngo Nkam Ruth » die in the same atrocious conditions.
The Historical Party would not like to fail to highlight this coincidence of date: “ Obviously, having chosen to find in eternity Ruben Um Nyobe, the man to whom she gave all her love, on September 13, the widowed comrade Um Nyobe née Ngo Ndjock Yebga Marie demonstrates once again that she had married not only the man, but also his fight and his cause», salue Robert Bapooh Lipot.
Coincidence
Through the voice of Robert Bapooh Lipot, the UPC “ pays tribute to this reckless activist, who actively participated in preserving the memory of her illustrious husband Ruben Um Nyobe, father of Cameroonian nationalism, whom she decided to join in eternal bliss this September 13, 2023 “, we can read there. Calling for the total mobilization of UPC activists and sympathizers “ to show him our love once the date of his funeral is fixed».
Marie Ngo Ndjock Yebga lived in Boumnyebel. As part of the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of Cameroon’s independence, she was seen among the guests of the presidency of the republic on the occasion of the evening reception. Robert Bapooh Lipot had played a score for this rapprochement. He who aligned himself in the collaborative posture ofAugustin Frédéric Kodockwith regard to the institutions of the Republic, and in particular the regime of Yaoundé.
