[3] Eketebi was a member of the Association du Personnel Indigene de la Colonie, a labour union,[4] and in 1958 he served as its provincial secretary.

[6] In March 1960 Eketebi was appointed to the Équateur Executive College, a transitional body meant to administer the region until the Congo's independence on 30 June.

He used his multi-ethnic background to broker a compromise that resulted in a coalition between PUNA, the Parti National du Progrès, and the Union des Mongo.

[9] He approved of Colonel Joseph-Desiré Mobutu's coup in September which overthrew the central government and the subsequent installation of the College of Commissioners-General.

[10] That year increasing tensions between Ngombe and Mongo factions in the provincial assembly brought about an administrative breakdown.

[17] The following month Bolikango called a PUNA congress to Lisala to reorganise his party, despite such political conventions being prohibited by the central government.

He became increasingly politically isolated and faced disagreement in his own cabinet; his vice-president requested that the central government depose him.

[18] In early June the Lisala-Bumba deputies replaced the pro-Eketebi President of the Assembly and forced all of the ministers of the government to resign.

Eketebi narrowly escaped a censure vote only due to his popular support in the Bomongo and Lisala territories.

Accusing him of partisan and discriminatory politics, disorganisation, lacking in an effective government programme, misappropriating public funds for personal purposes, encouraging corruption, stoking conflict between the Bumba and Lisala regions, and holding responsibility in the January incident, they voted to dismiss him.

[21] However, in the 1965 elections Bolikango was reelected to his seat in the national Parliament by a wide margin, thus eclipsing Eketebi's popularity in the region.

[26] The Supreme Court of Justice dismissed his attempts in limini litis to halt the proceedings by claiming immunity under Amnesty Law no.