Cameroon – Obituary: Cameroon Herald Publisher, Kingsley Ako Tanyi, Dies At 42

Par Atia T. AZOHNWI | Cameroon-Info.Net
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Kingsley Ako Tanyi, Publisher of Cameroon Herald newspaper died Monday, May 18, 2020 at the Jamot Hospital in Yaoundé at the age of 42.

The journalist reportedly went to hospital on Sunday after he took ill. Medics are yet to say what killed him but his remains are reportedly preserved at the morgue.

Born on June 18, 1978 in Atibong Wire village in Manyu Division, Ako’s passion for journalism saw him report for Bob Forbin's The Herald newspaper until it folded up.

Ako founded Cameroon Express newspaper which phased out after running into trouble with the authorities. He went on to register Cameroon Herald, where he served as Publisher/Editor until his death.

On June 5, 2015 'Cameroon Herald' newspaper and its publisher, Kingsley Ako Tanyi, were slammed a six-month suspension each by the National Communication Council, NCC for violating professional ethics.

Pamol Plantations Plc had lodged a complaint at the NCC against “Cameroon Herald” claiming that the paper published “unfounded accusations of mismanagement and embezzlement in its 090th issue against the Interim General Manager of Pamol Plantations Plc and certain senior public figures.”

The Council, after establishing the responsibility of the publisher of the newspaper in question for not respecting the requirements of verification and balance, separately suspended “Cameroon Herald” and its publisher from practicing the journalism profession in Cameroon for a period of six months for misconduct which constitutes violations of professional ethics in mass communication.

Ako and Cameroon Herald were served a similar fate in December 2016. Ako is known to have challenged the decision of the NCC, mounting rooftops to make his case.

Journalist Kingsley Ako, colleagues say, excelled while he served as President of the Buea Chapter of the Cameroon Association of English Speaking Journalists, CAMASEJ.

Retired Justice Ayah Paul Abine said, in a eulogy, that history shall remember Kingsley Ako “in those little sweet acts done honestly, with conviction and in the general interest. And indeed your name is inscribed in the annals of history. We did not do great things. Yet little things we did with lasting effect.”

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