World and Cameroonian football legend, Samuel Etoo has joined other millions of his country men and women to mourn the death of Sultan Ibrahim Mbombo Njoya, the Sultan of Bamoun.
The former FC Barcelona forward and four-time African footballer of the year, Samuel Etoo joining other Cameronians especially the people of Bamoun to mourn their Sultan, took to his official social media handle on Tuesday 28th September 2021, where he posted a photo for himself and the Sultan of Bamoun with a tribute message that reads:
A veil of sadness and emotion has seized me since the announcement of the death of our father: His Majesty Ibrahim Mbombo Njoya, Sultan of the Bamouns.
With the death of the Bamoun monarch, our country has lost a visionary king who was close to his people, a library, and a buffer for our common life.
My affliction is also personal. I had the privilege to drink from the source of the immense wisdom of this man of peace.
In my memory, he will remain a loving and wise father, a great connoisseur of the entire African sports ecosystem in general and Cameroon in particular.
The death of Patriarch lbrahim Mbombo Njoya is a huge loss for our sports movement, but also for Cameroon in its diversity.
I join my voice to that of the Cameroonian people, who are mourning one of their leading personalities. And I pray to the Lord, our God, in his great magnanimity, to welcome our father, His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim Mbombo Njoya.
Samuel Eto’o,” he said.
According to the reports from Cameroon, the Sultan of Bamoun died at the age of 83 in the early hours of Monday, September 27th 2021, at a hospital in Paris, France.
He was said to have been admitted to intensive care and have been receiving treatment for the past weeks after suffering health complications related to the COVID-19.
Sultan of the Bamouns, His Majesty Ibrahim Mbombo Njoya has held several important positions in government, notably, Minister of Youth and Sports, Minister of Information as well as Cameroon Ambassador to Egypt. He was equally a Senator and a member of the political bureau of the ruling CPDM party.