Retrospect: Was Archbishop Nkea canonically correct to celebrate Ecclesiastical Funeral Mass of Minister Atanga Nji’s mother?

On August 23, 2022, Archbishop Andrew Nkea celebrated the ecclesiastical funeral mass of the mother of Minister Atanga Nji, Mammy Marcelline Neza Atanga who died at the age of 96. The funeral mass took place at the St. Josephs Cathedral in Bamenda in the presence of Bishop Michael Bibi, Bishop Nkuo, Bishop Abangalo and Bishop Agapitus. Some people who are terribly disappointed with Minister Atanga Nji, (an English-speaking Cameroonian from Mezam Division) appallingly criticized Archbishop Nkea for celebrating that funeral mass because according to them, Minister Atanga Nji does not enjoy a public reputation of honesty. They wished that Archbishop…