In a recent interview on Tuesday, June 23, 2026, the national president of the Nouveau Mouvement populaire (NMP), Banda Kani, expressed strong disapproval of the political debater who appeared on Info Tv, describing his behavior as notoriously inconsistent.

Cameroonian political figure Banda Kani has voiced his profound displeasure with what he terms the tribal agitator, Elimbi Lobe. In an interview shared on his platform this Tuesday, June 23, 2026, the leader of the NMP articulated his exasperation with Elimbi Lobe, particularly following Lobe’s controversial statement on Info Tv—a television channel broadcasting from Yaoundé, Cameroon—where he labeled the nationalist Ernest Ouandié a “bandit“.

“By calling Ouandié a ‘bandit,’ Elimbi Lobe has disgraced himself,” declared the pan-Africanist Banda Kani. He asserted that Elimbi Lobe lacks the qualities for a significant political future. “He has diminished himself to a mere scoundrel. He has become a political actor who will never achieve national prominence in this country. He has reduced himself to a small-time politician from a local canton, whose sole strategy is to secure a parliamentary seat,” Kani continued.

Would he have dared to make such statements while affiliated with the SDF?

Drawing on historical context, Banda Kani criticized Elimbi Lobe’s perceived political opportunism and his shifting rhetoric. This inconsistency, Kani noted, stands in stark contrast to Lobe’s discourse when he was a member of the Social Democratic Front (SDF). “He is pursuing an electoral strategy. Review his past statements. Consider his own words in 2011 when he was with the SDF. He extolled national integration. He even praised the role of the Bamilékés in national development, going so far as to say his best friend was a Bamiléké, after whom he wished to name his son,” Kani elaborated.

“In 2015, he was outspoken against tribalists. When he was with the SDF, would he have been able to make such comments? The party would have certainly stopped him. You are dealing with a minor politician who believes that being elected as a deputy represents the pinnacle of his political career,” Banda Kani concluded.