Open Letter from CEO of Herakles Farms in Response to Report On ...

and flora. However, listening again to Chief Nangea Felix of Fabe on camera, he states that their forest is
very rich as no one has ever gone there to cut trees. Daniel Agoons, a runaway environmentalist and son
of the Mundemba soil can enlighten Bruce, off-camera, of the realities which HF want to present through
a twisted prism to the world.
I do not know whether Bruce Wrobel expects international NGOs to advocate best on behalf of local
populations, or he hates little known SEFE. As a matter of fact, SEFE was not created to fight HF. SEFE
has been existing since 1984 and the records can prove this. As a Civil Society Organization, CSO, with
an in-depth knowledge of the environment and issues, SEFE articulates just the basic aspirations of the
people of Mundemba in particular and the whole South West in general. CED and RELUFA are also
trusted as some of the most objective voices for environmental and indigenous rights issues in Cameroon
and were not created in 1994 for the expedience and expectation of the advent of Herakles Farms in 2009.
Less I forget, Herakles Farms would have consulted and should be consulting these organizations, instead
of allowing itself to be duped and dragged into error by unscrupulous individuals like Dr. Isidore Timti,
Chief Dr. Atem Ebako, Daniel Agoons, Hon Chief Mbile et al.
HF observations about the functioning democracy and legal system in Cameroon are premature as it
wishes to use this praise to further push the country into a dismal vortex and implosion. If Bruce trusts the
legal system in Cameroon, he should subscribe to it and not allow ulterior motives of gain to drive his
actions. If that legal system is so trusted, why did HF not discuss the settlement for Dr. Issidore Timti’s
contributions to Herakles Farms in a law court than through the jingoistic dog-eat-dog tactics the
company used? If company trusts Cameroon legal system, why will it instruct its Site manager, Leslie
Njume of Fabe to ambush, assault and cause bodily harm to Nasako Bissingi of SEFE? Why does HF
believe that eliminating an opponent like Nasako Bissingi will stop opposition to the project?
Opposition to the Project
From his ivory tower in New York, it is not possible for Bruce Wrobel to know the depth of the
opposition in Mundemba, Toko and Nguti against Herakles Farms, its agents, assigns and all its activities.
If it is difficult for the governor of the South West Region, resident in Buea 200 kilometers from
Mundemba to know what is happening there, how much more for HF in New York. If it is difficult for the
President of the Republic of Cameroon to know what is happening in the MINPAT (Ministry of Planning
and Territorial Development), where the country is auctioned under the nose of the one who is supposed
to jealously protect the territorial integrity of the land, how much more for an Economic Hit Man like
Bruce Wrobel, with no DNA affinity nor political commitment to Cameroonians, and who is ready to stop
at nothing to have its way and grab 73,000 hectares of pristine forest in Cameroon?
Let me state here for the records, and independently of Oakland Institute, which I do not know, that there
is widespread opposition of about 80 percent to the project. I have patiently gathered dozens of pages of
petitions against the project. Thousands of signatures have been collected from the Mundemba area alone
from people protesting the grabbing of their lands. To be precise, 3364 people have signed their
opposition to the project in the 23 villages of Toko and Mundemba sub divisions.
There are 23 villages in the concession area; 1) Mofoko Bima, 2) Ngenye Bima, 3) Esoki Bima,
4) Mokange Bima, 5) Fabe Bima, 6) Lipenja II Batanga, 7) Meangwe II Ngolo, 8) Ndiba Ngolo,
9) Meta Ngolo, 10) Beboka Bima, 11) Kuma Bima, 12) Lipenja II Batanga, 13) Iwai Bima, 14)
Mobenge Ngolo, 15) Bwene Ngolo, 16) Mokango Bima, 17) Massaka Bima, 18) Manya Batanga,
19) Mayeke Batanga, 20) Bareka Batanga, 21) Esoki Batanga, 22) Loe Batanga, 23 Ikondo kondo
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