The mortal remains of the pioneer Coordinator of the Circle of Friends of Cameroon, CERAC, were removed from the mortuary yesterday in Yaounde.

“I have fought the fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith,” II Timothy 4:7, was the manner in which late Mrs Anne Mojoko Musonge née Mbongo, wife of erstwhile Prime Minister, Peter Mafany Musonge, was described by pastors of the Presbyterian Church, as her journey to the world beyond began in Yaounde yesterday November 24. Mourners from government, led by the Vice Prime Minister, Minister of Justice and Keepers of the Seals, Amadou Ali, Circle of Friends of Cameroon under the banner of its General Coordinator, Linda Yang and the family, led by the Grand Chancellor of National Orders, Peter Mafany Musonge joined worshippers and sympathisers to pay their last respect to Anne Mojoko Musonge as her mortal remains were removed from the Yaounde Reference Hospital Mortuary.

For close to an hour, emotions were high as mourners looked into the coffin to have a glimpse of the woman who is considered as a major figure in the international activities of CERAC and the brightening of lives of the rural women through her creation of the Fako Women’s Association, FAWODA. A solemn devotion in honour of Anne Musonge was presented by Rev. Prof Pastor Anyabot of the Bastos Presbyterian Church, Yaounde on the need for the living to reflect and rethink their lives and relations with others.

By press time, the corpse of the 67 year-old, was being taken to the Presbyterian Church in Bastos where a church service was supposed to take place to honour the life she lived. A wake service and cultural animation was scheduled to take place at the deceased’s residence at Etétak, near Cité Verte, Yaounde after the church service yesterday November 24. The corpse arrives her family residence at Bokova Buea in the South West Region today, Friday November 25 pending her burial on Saturday November 26.