The one-time President of the Cameroon Bar Association was interred hours after he died at a local clinic in Yaoundé where he was reportedly being treated since Saturday, June 6, 2020.

Center Regional Governor Naseri Paul Bea granted a special authorization for Barrister Atangana Bikouna Claire, representative of the Bar President for the Center, South, and East to transport Barrister Sama's remains from Yaoundé to Soa Subdivision, Mefou and Afamba Division.

The late Barrister Sama was given honors by his peers at the hospital where he died. Barrister Luke Kisob regrets that the deceased had to be buried the same day due to the circumstances surrounding his demise.

The man noted for his fight for the rule of law and democracy is known to have started the Sama Law Firm in April 1985 and died with 35 years three months of legal practice to his credit. The 62-year-old was elected President of the Cameroon Bar Association on August 14, 2012, and is remembered for his great contributions to legal practice in the country.

For his over two years as Bar President, he left behind an arguably impressive legacy. Sama, himself, maintained at the end of his mandate in February 2015 that for the over two years, “the Bar has grown in leaps and bounds.” For instance, he acquired land for the construction of an ultra-modern Bar Headquarters in Yaoundé. He hosted the Pan African Lawyers' Union in Yaoundé with erstwhile South African President, Thabo Mbeki, as a special guest. Sama introduced the training of lawyers by the Bar Council.

The celebrated lawyer dies without seeing the creation of a Law School in Cameroon, a project he labored for during his time. He was a founding member of the SDF and represented the party in court on several occasions.

“For about 35years you walked the corridors of Courts of law in Cameroon and beyond. You trained scores of generations of jurists and particularly lawyers. You fought the fight for multipartism alongside other heroes. You were fearless whenever you had to submit either for the plaintiff / civil party or defendant / accused person, ”said Barrister Valeri Teffo in a tribute to the late Barrister Sama.

“You were at the center of very many huge cases that have rocked the judiciary: John Kohtem's murder, The Allo Allo case, the Clement Ngwasiri vs SDF case, myriad electoral disputes just to name a few! You "terrorized" your opponents! You were a hardliner as far as the defense of the orphan and the widow was concerned. You never ceased to humorously, albeit firmly, reminds some judges that before they were born you had already been a Lawyer. ”