Simon Achidi Achu : Mortal Remains Back Home For Burial

President Paul Biya in Decree No. 2021/386 of 28 June 2021 decided the organisation of an official funeral in honour of Mr Simon Achidi Achu who died in the United States of America on May 4, 2021 due to an illness. 
The same day, the mortal remains of Simon Achidi Achu who was Cameroon’s former Prime Minister, Vice President of the Senate and political icon were flown into the country through the Yaounde-Nsimalen International Airport and the jet carrying the corpse landed at the airport at 11:48 pm. Considering that an official funeral had already been decreed, the Forces of the Honours and Protection Unit of the Yaounde Military Headquarters Brigade reportedly ushered the mortal remains. This was amidst high mobilization by officials, political elite, family members and sympathisers. Reportedly among the dignitaries at the airport to receive the corpse was the former Prime Minister, Grand Chancellor of the National Orders and the leader of the Cameroon People’s Democratic Movement (CPDM) for the North W...