Tension is growing in the Northwest region where Aladji Danpullo, the richest man of Cameroon and French-speaking Africa south of the Sahara, according to Forbes magazine Africa (his fortune is estimated at 547 billion CFA francs), has a large ranch under the banner “Elba ranch.”

People in the town of Esu, have in recent months, with their Fon – a traditional authority – decided to take back the land occupied by Elba ranch just because they belong to them.

In its Thursday, January 7, 2016, edition, La Nouvelle Expression recalled that on December 29, 2015, the governor of the region, Adolphe Lele lafrique visited the field to ease tensions.

He had set up a committee chaired by the S.D.O of Menchum to find ways and means to stop this land crisis. The commission was to create the conditions for including the procedures used to settle the dispute between the parties there.

For it’s not only a national domain which is the subject of the conflict – but also, no one has a land title there – in addition, the Elba ranch has visible investments on the ground.

But without waiting for the resolutions of the commission set up by the Governor, the youth of the region took it upon themselves to invade the ranch of the businessman since. A problem that is obviously far from over.