Regime insiders such as RDPC Secretary-General and presidential chief of staff Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh and his followers will have nowhere to go if Biya reaches a historic compromise with Tchiroma...
Presidential chief of staff Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh had met many senior ruling party members in an effort to boost Biya's campaign but played a less prominent role than many had expected because he was believed to have angered some other Biya aides...
Biya has not spoken in public since announcing that he was running via his social media handler Oswald Baboké a close ally of First Lady Chantal Biya and Presidency Secretary-General Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh the de facto vice-president...
Meanwhile Biya and his right-hand man Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh have resorted to traditional methods to stave off opposition among the elite at least...
In response Biya's right-hand man and de facto government leader Presidency Secretary-General Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh has embarked on a lightning consultation with members of the ruling Rassemblement démocratique du Peuple Camerounais (RDPC) in all the country's 10 regions between 1 and 8 July in an effort to stem further defections...
Sceptics believe Biya has no intention of diluting his personal control of the country and that the proposals are being floated by Presidency Secretary-General Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh only to help soften opposition to Biya's re-election in October and create new patronage opportunities...
Secretary-General of the Presidency Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh is competing with Prime Minister Joseph Dion Ngute for control of Biya's campaign travelling across the country to rally support for Africa's oldest leader...
RDPC sources tell Africa Confidential that his eldest son Franck Emmanuel Biya may step up though Secretary-General at the Presidency Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh would be a more competent replacement...
Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh the head of the presidential office who hails from Minta the same area as Chantal Biya has been murmuring to diplomats for about five years now that he is next in line...
Even if the President were to act and make significant changes he would be constrained by not being able to go against the wishes of his powerful Secretary General of the Presidency Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh who is at loggerheads with another long-time Biya faithful Laurent Esso the current Minister of Justice insiders say (AC Vol 64 No 18 An iron grip may be slipping)...