6, July 2026
Jeff Osife Mokube Affair: Audit Committee alleges mismanagement. What role did Ben Ntamack play? 0
The AUDIT COMMITTEE that was created in the city of Leicester in England with the mandate to examine the financial management of the funeral funds of the late Tata Jeff Osife Mokube and report its findings to the donors and the wider community has released a report alleging mismanagement and repeated possible violations of Cameroonian community norms by Ben Ntamack.
The report, made public July 05, found that the finances for the late Jeff Osife Mokube funeral went into private pockets.
The Audit Committee Report disclosed that the late man’s mother received a miserable forty thousand FCFA while his dad had no idea that the Cameroonian community in Leicester had provided funds for Tata Jeff Osife’s home-going.
Officials of the audit committee could not be reached for comment.
Financial records throughout the funeral process revealed concerns, according to the Audit Committee Report, including irregular fund movements, cost allocation errors, compliance failures and weaknesses in financial controls.
A senior Cameroonian elite in Leicester who spoke to this reporter but sued for anonymity said the full scope of the financial problems will never become clear if Ben Ntamack is left to go scot-free.
“A lawsuit will be filed by the Cameroonian community in Leicester against Ben Ntamack” he quipped.
The Audit Committee other findings include serious deliberate errors in the cost of repatriation, wake keep allocation and funeral rites including systemic mismanagement and negligence which resulted in catastrophic and increased funeral bills both in Leicester and back home in Cameroon.
The Audit Committee Report also describes a pattern of broader calculated failures, including improper use of the funds raised by the Cameroonian community.
According to the Audit Committee Report, Cameroonians with a history of offenses such as theft and embezzlement should never be allowed to champion bereavement fund drives.
The Audit Committee attributed many of the issues outlined in the report — including the poor financial engineering of the funeral to the nasty environment within the group that was headed by Ben Ntamack.
A member of the Audit Committee was heard murmuring privately at the Clock Tower in Leicester City Centre that “everything about Ben Ntamack came across wrong, and all of the people we talked to just basically had nothing good to say about him and his integrity.”
The Leicester Audit Committee is not just acknowledging a Cameroonian problem, but it is solving it.
By Soter Tarh Agbaw-Ebai




















7, July 2026
World Cup: Belgium ends President Donald Trump’s extraordinary intervention 0
Belgium dumped the United States out of their own World Cup Monday, as Charles De Ketelaere’s brace secured a 4-1 win that was eclipsed by the bitter row over Folarin Balogun’s ban.
Victory means the Belgians face Spain in the quarter-finals, while the US follow co-hosts Canada and Mexico out of the tournament with elimination in the round of 16 after a thoroughly flat performance.
All attention pre-game had been on Balogun’s place in the US starting lineup, after US President Donald Trump asked FIFA to review the striker’s one-game suspension for a red card, and the governing body controversially obliged.
But Belgium’s XI had a few surprises of its own, with Kevin De Bruyne and Jeremy Doku among the heavyweights benched. And coach Rudi Garcia’s gambit proved inspired, with De Ketelaere grabbing an early goal to puncture the feelgood vibes in Seattle.
Malik Tillman grabbed one back from a free kick, but De Ketelaere swiftly restored Belgium’s lead. A catastrophic piece of goalkeeping by Matt Freese and a late Romelu Lukaku goal left the Americans dead and buried.
FIFA’s move to suspend Balogun’s ban after he was sent off in the previous round against Bosnia and Herzegovina has been slammed by football fans, pundits and players around the world, but there were no such misgivings among the Seattle crowd.
A colossal roar greeted the stadium announcement of Balogun’s name in the starting XI, vastly dwarfing the cheers even for US talisman Christian Pulisic.
The “USA” thunderclap then echoed around the stadium, utterly drowning out a small corner of chanting Belgium fans in the opening minutes.
But the American party was swiftly silenced. The majority of 67,000 fans fell silent in the ninth minute as De Ketelaere scored, easily tapping home from close range after Nicolas Raskin’s cross evaded some lax defending.
It was the first time the Americans had conceded the opener all World Cup. With the atmosphere deflated, no immediate fightback was visible on the pitch either. The midfield was outgunned and the defense looked nervous.
On the half-hour mark, Balogun drew a foul on the edge of the area and whipped the crowd back to life. He waved his arms frantically as Malik Tillman — fresh from scoring a free kick against Bosnia — lined up the ball.
Tillman’s shot deflected off the Belgian wall and span into the net, and the stadium shook.
Dream over
But the joy was again short-lived. In the 33rd minute, De Ketelaere leapt up to meet Leandro Trossard’s cross and comfortably out-jumped an off-balance Tim Ream to score his second.
The US inched back into the game as the first half closed out, with Balogun blasting over from a long Tillman throw, then narrowly failing to catch a long ball, again from the Bayer Leverkusen midfielder.
US coach Mauricio Pochettino switched formation at half-time, sending Gio Reyna into the number 10 role and pushing Weston McKennie out to the right. The Americans resumed play with more intensity, pushing higher up the pitch.
But self-inflicted disaster struck in the 57th minute. Freese came out to collect a Belgium long ball, turned to evade the charging De Ketelaere, but then hesitated with his pass.
De Ketelaere jabbed the ball to Hans Vanaken, who made no mistake with an open goal from long range.
Pulisic limped off with an injury minutes later, and with him went the US dreams of reaching a first World Cup quarter-final since 2002.
His replacement, Sebastian Berhalter, flashed an ambitious shot narrowly wide in the 79th minute, and Balogun had a close-range effort saved soon after.
But Chris Richards handed the ball to Lukaku in stoppage time, and the veteran striker did not hestitate to seal the rout.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP)