 In 1931, in order to break the power of the Bamun, French administrators had exiled Ibrahim Njoya to Yaoundé.The Bamum nobles had been scattered due to the French occupation, but they eventually chose Njimoluh from among Ibrahim Njoya's 177 children and reached an agreement with the French authorities.Seidou Njimoluh Njoya became the 18th mfon of the Bamum in June 1933 after the death of his father.