BANNER & CEREMONY; MR. TCHOUNGI; SENOR BONIFACIO; HORSES AND MOTORCYCLISTS ESCORT MR. AHIDJO; PARADE.




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Background: SENOR BONIFACIO ONDO EDU, PRESIDENT OF SPANISH GUINEA, WAS ONE OF THE MANY CELEBRITIES WHO WAS IN CAMEROUN'S CAPITAL OF YAOUNDE ON OCTOBER 1, TAKING PART IN THE CELEBRATION OF THE SIXTH ANNIVERSARY OF CAMEROUN'S REUNIFICATION.

THE PRESIDENT OF THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE SPANISH COLONY OF EQUATORIAL GUINEA IS IN YAOUNDE AT THE INVITATION OF THE PRESIDENT AHMADOU AHIDJO, WHO HIMSELF PLAYED A VITAL PART IN THE CELEBRATIONS. PRESIDENT EDU IS ACCOMPANIED BY FOUR SENIOR OFFICIALS OF EQUATORIAL GUINEA, INCLUDING THE CIVIL GOVERNORS OF RIO MUNI AND FERNANDO PO, AND THE COMMANDER OF THE TERRITORIAL GUARD.

OCTOBER 1, 1961, WAS ??? TURNING POINT IN THE HISTORY OF CAMEROUN - MARKING THE ??? OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF CAMEROUN FROM THE FORMER BRITISH TERRITORY OF SOUTHERN CAMEROONS, AND THE CAMEROUN REPUBLIC, ORIGINALLY UNDER FRENCH ADMINISTRATION. THE GOLDEN STARS OF THE NATIONAL FLAG FLEW HIGH ON SUNDAY AS BOTH PRESIDENT AND PEOPLE OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC CELEBRATED SIX YEARS OF INDEPENDENT UNION.