Former Nkambe Mayor Mangoh Jones dies Sunday night

Former Mayor of Nkambe council in Donga Mantung Division, Mangoh Jones Tankoh has died. Tankoh died on Sunday October 12, at about 5PM (GMT+1) following a malaise.

According to reports, the senior citizen collapsed at his village (Mbor-abi) meeting in Nkambe. He gave up the ghost while being rushed to the Nkambe district hospital.

Mangoh’s demise comes exactly one year and twelve days after he was voted out of the Nkambe council where he served as Mayor for seventeen years on the Social Democratic Front (SDF) ticket.

A family source has described the former mayor’s passing as ‘shocking’ because ‘he was not even sick.’

Tankoh, reports say was at a Rotary Club in Nkambe on Saturday October 11, and attended church service on Sunday before the malaise that led to his demise.

His death brings to four the number of mayors who have died in the Donga Mantung Division since the September 30, 2013 twin elections.

Nfor Francis Balery who was second deputy during Mangoh’s regime died last August at the Banso Baptist Hospital.

Emimi Emmanuel, former CPDM Mayor of Ako council died on March 21, after he lost the council to the SDF.

Nfor David Karngong, former SDF mayor of Ndu died on December 1, 2013 after his in-law, Emmanuel Bunyui ousted him from the mayoral position when the SDF retained the council.