Cavaye Yeguie Djibril’s Death Shakes Mada and Stuns Cameroon

The shock is immense, the pain is indescribable: in Mada Kolkoche, the birth place of Cameroon’s longest serving National Assembly Speaker, tears have replaced words.

The announcement of the death of Honorable Cavaye Yeguié Djibril on May 6, 2026, struck like an explosion, leaving behind a shattered people, grieving families, and the nation in sorrow.

In his native stronghold, hundreds of people are flocking to the royal palace of Kolkoche. Weeping women, devastated men, silent youths… everyone is still trying to come to terms with the unthinkable.

An atmosphere heavy with grief envelops the locality, where prayers and sobs mingle in deep solemnity.

While on a working visit to the Far North region, the Minister of Public Health, Dr. Manaouda Malachie, suspended all his activities to take part in the burial of the patriarch, in a strong gesture of respect and solidarity toward the bereaved family and the mourning population.

Governor Midjiyawa Bakari, bearing the message of the President of the Republic, Paul Biya, and First Lady Chantal Biya, conveyed the compassion of the presidential couple in the face of this loss that has shaken the entire Nation.

Around the family, traditional and religious dignitaries gathered in great numbers.

Lamibés, among them His Majesty Abdoulaye Yerima Bakari, accompanied by Imams from the great mosques of Diamaré and Mayo-Sava, offered prayers for the repose of the soul of the deceased, their emotions barely contained.

Honorable Cavaye Yeguié Djibril leaves behind a vast family: 38 recognized children and many grandchildren, heirs to a name that has marked the political and traditional history of Cameroon.

Buried according to Muslim rites, the patriarch has departed.

But in Mada Kolkoche, one certainty remains: some figures never truly die.