Ngarbuh Massacre in Donga and Mantung Division , British former Southern Cameroon
On the 14th of February 2020 in Ngarbuh , Ntumbaw, Donga Mantung Division , North West Region of Cameroon , a Massacre took place by the Cameroon military with the help of Fulani extremists which resulted to at least the death of 22 innocent civilians . 15 of the victims were Children and at least 9 of them were under the age of 5 . The attack was part of the Anglophone Crisis between freedom fighters of Ambazonia ( Former British Southern Cameroon) and Cameroon military.
Initially no one claimed responsibility for the attack, while the separatists blamed Cameroon.The Cameroonian government admitted that the Cameroonian Army had been responsible for the deaths, and claimed civilians were killed by an accidental explosion that had been triggered when stray bullets had hit a fuel tank during a firefight with separatists. The Cameroon Army claimed to have killed seven separatists during the incident
Opposition parties and human rights groups rejected this explanation, accusing the army of carrying out a massacre of civilians
Local residents said that 35 people were killed by the Army, who broke into residents houses, where they shot civilians and burned their houses. The Cameroon government (Biya regime) continued to insist that only five civilians had been killed, although independent sources were able to verify the names of 25 dead civilians already the day after the attack. Attempting to cover up the details of the incident, on 24 February, soldiers arrested a man who had given information about the Ngarbuh massacre to the media. An alleged eye witness to the massacre was murdered on February 29.
Human rights group carried out an investigation, interviewing more than 20 people, some of whom witnessed the attack. The investigation debunked the claims made by the government and established that Cameroon soldiers and armed Fulani had carried out a massacre of civilians. Human Rights Watch also confirmed that there had been no separatist fighters present during the massacre. The Cameroon government responded to the report by accusing the author of conspiring with the separatists to create false stories.
The United Nations condemned the attack, and encouraged Cameroon to carry out proper investigation and prosecute the perpetrators which was back by United states of America . One of the key opposition politicians in Cameroon Maurice Kamto called for a national day of mourning.
In early March, it was reported that the Cameroon Army had arrested and questioned nine soldiers about the massacre, including two colonels. After running its own investigation, the government concluded that three soldiers and a local vigilante group had accidentally killed 13 civilians during a fire fight with separatist fighters. After realizing their mistake, the report claimed, the soldiers and the militiamen set fire to buildings in order to erase any evidence. Three soldiers were subsequently arrested.
The report and the arrests were met with appreciation internationally and by human rights organizations, while the Ambazonia Governing Council accused the Cameroon government of “presenting false justification of the systematic killing of civilians”.
Hope we all are doing well.Just to inform everyone that due the ongoing pandemic;covic19 our usual 1st of October demonstrations and celebrations of our independence Day Anniversary will no longer take place this year compounded by the new government guidelines.
We have spoken to the Police for permission to organise our demo as indicated above but the Police told us that if we intern to do so then we must follow the government new guidelines which says people must be in groups not more than six and from the same household.
Failure to comply with these rules and many more we will be a fine of
£10 ,000 by the government.
The Police told us we should think carefully if we wish to go ahead and organise the demo.
We the executive have therefore concluded that we cannot defy the laws of the land as the penalty will be very severe.We therefore regret to inform the movement that we will not be having our usual 1st October this year and hopefully by next year things will be back to normal for us to have our demo.
Thanks for understanding and do contact any member of the exco should you have any questions or concerns.
Nera 10 are leaders of Southern Cameroons, consisting of professors, lawyers, and teachers. On the 5th of January 2018, they were holding a meeting at Nera hotel to discuss the growing refugee crisis in cross river state of Nigeria due to the ongoing Anglophone crisis in Cameroon. The forcible and illegal abduction of the Nera 10 violated international laws, and not much has been documented about the conditions of their abduction.
They had barely started the meeting when 20 heavily armed gunmen appeared, handcuffed, and blindfolded them. They were then driven for hours to an unknown destination and later detained at the underground facility of Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) in Abuja. They were held incommunicado for 20 days.
On the 25th of January 2018, they were again driven to the Nnamdi Azikiwe international airport where a Cameroon military plane was waiting for them. They had no opportunity to resist because they were surrounded by heavily armed military who were ready to shoot.
Their abduction revealed that the Nigerian government violated its own laws while the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) failed in their obligation to protect asylum seekers. Looking at the circumstances of their arrest, the existence of a conspiration between the security services of Nigeria and the government of Cameroon cannot be ruled out because of the following:
Given their refugee statue in Nigeria, they were not supposed to be extradited to Cameroon without the engagement of a due process of law.
Detaining them incommunicado at the Nigerian military facility (DIA).
Transferring them to the Abuja airport where a military aircraft from Cameroon was waiting to pick them up to Yaounde.
It is evident that their fundamental human rights were systematically violated.
In March 2019, the Federal High Court of Abuja ruled in favour of their release. Furthermore, the UN-HRC Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) also asked for their unconditional release.
They were handcuffed and made to sit on inappropriate seats without seat belts and guns pointing at their faces throughout their flight to Cameroon. The soldiers did not stop threatening them of execution if they make the slightest move.
On arrival in Cameroon, they were taken to the State Secretariat for Defence (SED) in Yaounde, a detention facility renown for the widespread use of torture and abuse. At SED, they were held incommunicado again for 10months on grounds of an ongoing investigation with regards to their arrest. This is unacceptable!
It is questionable to abduct and treat them as terrorist without any conviction.
While at SED, they were routinely tortured and abused. Their bodies were molested as they were made to undress, line up naked, while being touched at awkward places and making mockery of their private parts. The gendarmes took pretext of searching them to abuse them in extremely inhumane and degrading manner, subjecting them to all forms of physical and psychological trauma. They were offered a pair of tracksuits as their only clothing for 46days before given another one. The cell was sprayed with acaricide with them inside to suffocate them with the smell.
Torturing and abusing the Nera 10 is illegal, cruel, inhumane, forbidden, unacceptable and unjustified. This is extreme and inappropriate, a catastrophe against their fundamental human rights.
On the 22nd of November 2018, they were transferred to the central prison at Kondengui where the population of inmates detained is over ten times the capacity of the prison. Living conditions are extremely poor and deadly, coupled with abusive routine searches and treatments.
As asylum seekers and refugees abducted illegally from Nigeria, they were not supposed to be tried in a military court which does not regard civilian judicial norms. During their trial, they were deprived legal aid, and contact or emotional support from their families and loved ones. They were tried in French, a language they could not speak or understand while on the other hand, the judge and prosecutors were unresponsive to the use of English language. One of them became uncomfortable and collapsed during the court proceedings. The trial continued to condemn him for life imprisonment while he laid helplessly struggling for survival.
The court proceedings which started at about midday on the 19th of August 2019, ended at 5:30 am the next day, that is the 20th of August 2019. The trial that was raced for 19hours was grossly wanting in due diligence.
They were charged with crime and sentenced to life imprisonment in a language they neither speak nor understood and without any legal representation.
What is the wrong in advocating for the restoration of the independence of Southern Cameroons? As a people, we have the right to self-determination and a voice to decide our future. Justice was denied Southern Cameroons in 1961.We wanted total independence, but the United Nations imposed a plebiscite on us which was reduced to two alternatives. To gain independence by either joining Nigeria or Cameroon, excluding the option of gaining independence as a nation. Southern Cameroons has clearly demarcated international boundaries with a surface area of about 43,000km square. Her territory is larger than some member states of the African Union. A federal constitution was imposed on us by Cameroon, on the day our independence was supposed to take effect, that is, the 1st of October 1961. Today, we stand for the restoration of our lost statehood.
The Nera 10 didn’t commit any crime known to law. They are languishing in the dungeons of kondengui, detained against international laws and serving life sentences. Their continuous detention is a human right scandal, and this is to call on the attention of the international community to investigate on the extent to which they are unjustly being detained and abused, given that in March 2019, the Federal High Court of Abuja had ordered their unconditional release. This is proof that they are innocent of all allegations laid against them by the Cameroon government. Human rights are for them as well.
Cameroon has its roots in colonial history just like any other
African country. During the 19th century, the territory of
Cameroon was ruled by many local kingdoms. In the 1880s,
the Germans in their quest for colonisation took control of
Cameroon, making it their colony in 1884. After World War I,
when Germany was defeated the League of Nations handed
control over the territory to Britain and France who divided it
and established separate administrative systems. Both
countries assumed responsibilities over the territory until after
the second world war when many African countries started
demanding their independence.
During this period, Britain did not grant independence to
Southern Cameroon, saying that they were not economically
viable and could only survive by uniting with Francophone
Cameroon or Nigeria. In a plebiscite organised in the British
Administrative part of Cameroon on the 11 of Feb 1961, the
northern part of Anglophone Cameroon voted to join Nigeria.
Neither option was as popular in the southern part which, in
the absence of a much-preferred option for separate statehood,
ultimately joined with French Cameroon.
When the two territories reunited in 1961, a new constitution
was drafted to define the new union as a federal entity in
which the autonomy of the English-speaking minority would
be protected. However, in 1972, a controversial referendum
transformed the federation into a unitary state, effectively
ending the autonomy of the Anglophone regions. The fact that
the will of the Anglophone population was overruled in 1961
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and the subsequent systemic discrimination and
marginalization they suffered under successive governments
dominated by Francophones planted the seeds of the current
separatist conflict.
The conflicts and crises in the Cameroon Anglophone region
are between the part of the country that was once run by the
British (1916-1961), today widely referred to as Ambazonia
and the larger part once ruled by the French (1918-1960).
These conflicts were foreseen in the decolonisation of colonial
countries, peoples, and territories.
The conflict began in October 2016
with teachers and lawyers taking to
the street protesting the infiltration
of the French legal system into the
Anglophone systems. By the end of
2017 this turned into an armed
struggle and has of date resulted in
a civil war. It should be noted that
in the conflict since September 2017 1,850 people have died;
most schools have been closed for the past three years;
than 170 villages have been destroyed; 530, 000 people have
been internally displaced and 35,000 have sought refuge in
neighbouring Nigeria. The conflict has also devasted the local
economy which accounts for about one fifth of the country’s
GDP.
The conflict started when lawyers and teachers took to the
streets protesting that the government should stop sending only lawyers and teachers who spoke French and not English to manage the affairs of the Judiciary and Educative sectors of
the anglophone regions. Those who could not speak French
were brutally handled by the forces of law and order.
The civil society then joined the lawyers and teachers and
they were equally brutally handled by the police. The interim
Anglophone government of Southern Cameroon has declared
that the cities become ‘Ghost Towns’ on Mondays, when no-
one goes out, as a protest to the Francophone government.
The majority of the protesters were also brutally treated by the
police and many trade unions like the Consortium were
banned. Many union members who were to dialogue with the
government were arrested while others are still on the run.
Those arrested were charged with Terrorism and an attempt to
change the form of the state from a Unitary State to a Federal
State what it has once been since the 70s. The government
became aggressive in handling the crisis, even shutting down
the internet in the two anglophone regions to stop people
organising and passing information, or receiving orders from
supporters in the diaspora.
The president of French Cameroon who has been in power
since 1982 failed to manage the conflict adequately and after
criticism from the international community he restored
internet connection into the regions and released some of the
actors arrested at the beginning of the crisis.
The move was seen by a majority of Anglophones as a sham
by the government and on the 1
st
of October they tookto to the
street and restored their independence and imposed their
supremacy in the region by hoisting the Ambazonian Flag.
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The government, repressive as they have always been, killed
about 3000 people, while about 600 000 were displaced.
The conflict has been dragging for years now with Separatists
on the one hand claiming that independence is just around the
corner while President Paul Biya and his government still
think a very quick and strong military intervention will give
them victory.
Ceasefire talks in #Cameroon reflect government finally understands that armed force cannot solve the underlying cultural conflict. Because of the suffering and bitterness of three years of war, Ambazonia must now be on the table.
He came, he saw, he conquered and he gave his blood, tears and sweat for our homeland the Southern Cameroons.
For over the years our mentor, our hero, our inspiratlor, our father dedicated his entire life and fortune for the inevitable, irrevocable and irreversible restoration of the independence of our land of birth without fear or prejudice. This he did with pride and patriotism.
His eccentricity and tenacity in our God ordained struggle for such a very long time made him the Maradona or better still the Mandela of his generation.
As a baobab and an iroko tree, he was very didactic and a huge source of knowledge about our homeland, a macrocosm of a microcosm and a man par excellence when it came to the history of our homeland. This man was no other than his emeritus Mola Njoh Litumbe.
During his era, when he articulates the history of our country with such mastery and precision, you would always think this was a match made in Heaven.Indeed he was my people.
Pa Mola Njoh Litumbe you have fought a good fight and you have left an indelible mark on the consciences of most Southern Cameroonians that will never be erased from their inner minds for ever.
Our Malcolm X, our Dr Martin Luther king has paid the ultimate price like most of his peers have done for our freedom but sadly they have inevitably succumbed to the inevitable hour, the hour that no man on planet earth will ever overcome no matter your grandeur and prowess.
Fellow comrades, I remember very vividly and succinctly the last time I spoke with Pa. I told him that I pray that he will be part of history, that he will live to see his awesome dream come true by being part of the euphoric celebrations that will take place in Buea following the liberation and restoration of our independence. Pa was very ecstatic in affirmation.
But my people God had other ideas as our dream will never be fulfilled as death has taken the centre and focus of our being and aspirations as things have fallen apart.
So it is true that Mola Njoh is no more and this is the bitter reality we have to live with till we come to cross river Jordan.
In my mind’s eye and posthumously, our departed icon will be talked of with much enthusiasm and pride as the Sir Captain Thomas Moore of his generation.
Farewell to eternity our great one and as you meet our ancestors, tell them that our android generation has made a monumental decision to continue the fight from where you guys left.
That we will rise up as one people endowed by one destiny and fight with bravery and selfless sacrifice until Buea come calling.
That we have made a promise not to betray you people by pursuing the right to self determination for our people and country as enshrined in the Charter of the UN.
Papa Mola Njoh as you travel to the world beyond, when you arrive say hello to Dr Frederick Alobwede and co and tell them that the fight is on and Buea is just around the corner.
May your legacy live on ; till we come to meet again. Bye Bye great one.
Death toll rises after Cameroon military raids Ngarbuh, kills several villagers including children. Reports say over 27 people have died so far.
The pictures below in Donga Mantung released by CNA show the kids who were still alive and when they were later killed by soldiers. pic.twitter.com/5jC0ROlOH6
If the people of Ngar-Buh village in the North West province of Southern Cameroons (Ambazonia) knew what was going to happen, they would not have slept in their houses that night of the 14th February 2020. That night they were massacred by the military forces of the country that says they are their government.
Innocent and confused
On the 14th of February 2020, 28 innocent civilians, including pregnant women and toddlers, were massacred were massacred by the military forces of Cameroun. I know in my heart of hearts that these people would not have spent a second in that village if they had any clue that the Cameroun military would attack them. As innocent as they all were, going to sleep happy, hoping for a bright new day, but much to their surprise, they did not make it through the night. Imagine being burnt alive!… The innocent people of Ngar-Buh village woke up to a surprise by the military, arresting and burning human beings alive!… Is that not wickedness? to see your fellow humans roasted like roast chicken, goat or even pork? They were confused, running from one end of the village to the other, thinking of safety, but they met each other in confusion and did not know where else to run to, innocent and confused.
I thought Human rights Organisations are out there to make peace in the world. But since 22 September, 2016, the people of the former British Cameroons have been going through difficult times with their neighbouring country La Republique du Cameroun. No one is calling them to order. They keep killing innocent people, especially our young men who, I believe, are our future leaders.
I want to ask this question to the Human Rights Organisations: what is the difference between British Southern Cameroon and Iraq or Iran? Because we see how you are concerned about them, and even a gunshot there and the world will shake. But now it’s this small country! I am raising my voice with many other Ambazonians out there to call for peace and human rights, and not to stay silent as innocent people are dying.
The people need help
This situation has already taken too long to stop! The people of the Southern Cameroons are calling for any rescue to come to their help for as it is too much now to continue. All our male youths have been arrested and locked up, our able-bodied middle-aged men are shot dead in front of children of very young age. Human Rights Organisations, the UN, the BBC and all those in charge of the world’s human rights – please come to our help. It seems they have all abandoned us.
Conclusion
The nightmare that the people of Ngar-Buh have faced is a once in a lifetime event that will never leave their memories, especially those who watched how others were burned alive. The confusion that the Cameroun government is giving to these people can only be rescued by all these International Organisations that help other countries to come in and put Mr Paul Bvondo Biya to justice for violating human rights. I will continue to raise my voice, like other brothers and sisters from Southern Cameroons, to say we need HELP from the international groups which make peace in the world.
NO TO HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE IN SOUTHERN CAMEROONS (AMBAZONIA)
It all started in October 2016 when Layers and Teachers took to the streets for a peaceful demonstration to air their views and frustration about the government of Cameroon for asking for equal opportunities in their homeland (Ambazonia) and as we speak today it resulted in people being locked up in Prison and Cells.
After the peaceful demonstration that resulted in people being locked up in prisons life has become so so frustrated. This frustration has resulted to thousands upon thousands of lives lost, villages have been burnt, houses burnt by the military of French Cameroon and for three years now and more our parents, brothers and sisters have been suffering from this barbaric crack down between the military force of French Cameroon and the Ambazonia force, approximately 40000 plus civilians have lost their lives, 60000 plus civilians are either living in the bushes or seeking refuge in neighboring Nigeria.
The continue unrest resulting in youths running into the bushes for their life meanwhile as young as there are, are meant to be in school for studies so as to hope for a better future but those same schools are either being burnt down or used as a military base by the French Cameroon force. Young people don’t even have the opportunity to contribute to the society with no job opportunities, no peace. The few brave once are being accused as being terrorist in their own homeland. They is a continues repression by the arm military and this situation has now resulted into an arm conflicts. Young men and women have now pick up weapons to defend themselves and their family members. An estimated 10000 plus men and women have been killed in this senseless war in southern Cameroon by the French Cameroon military.
As frustrating as it is in Cameroon now many children have not only been made homeless but have also been made Orphans as many children have lost them life and some have been displaced from their relative as there struggle to look for safety.
Many villages have been burnt to arches in southern Cameroon by the La Republic Arm Forces and many more properties destroyed.
Southern Cameroonians all over the world in the diaspora have been playing a vital role in connection to the Anglophone Crises with a good number of demonstrations that have been carried out in various parts/countries of the world by disgruntled southern Cameroonians. All this because we fear for our family members back home are subject to gross human right violation from the French Cameroon Government. Another means or methods being used is via the social media to spread the message to the international community to see what is going on in Southern Cameroon. Pictures and videos of the brutal regime of President Pau Biya of French Cameroon have been shared on social media to show the extend at which the southern Cameroonians are being tortured, killed, rape by the military of French Cameroon.
As a result of the activities of southern Cameroonians in the diaspora, many southern Cameroonians coming from the diaspora are being arrested at the port of entry in Cameroon and being accused of supporting or sponsoring the armed separatist and spreading secessionist ideas. This has put so much fear in us southern Cameroonians so much so that we fear for our life that returning home is not a safe place to go YOUR OWN HOME COUNTRY. A situation whereby going home for family issues or holiday is out of place.
The cultural heritage of the people of British Southern Cameroons must be protected, we will resist.
Our leaders such as Frederick Alobwede Ebong, Andrew Azong,Charls Mbide and Henry Fossung and many more before us never gave up the fight for our freedom, which is why our (SCNC)National Chairman Nfor Ngala Nfor is presently detained by Biya and his government, not leaving out Sisiku Ayuk Tabe and other Abazonian leaders who were arrested in Nigeria and extradited to Cameroon in January 2018.
We the people of British Southern Cameroon are tired of being annexed by the French Cameroon,We want our independence and total freedom, it is for this reason that the octogenarian regime of the 87years old poul Biya are out to destroy southern Cameroonians completely and weaken us in such a way that we will take more than three decades to stabilise and rebuild our village’s, Towns and cities and as well assimilate our plans.
Proof of it:why is the military targeting and burning place?- to destroy the base and roots of who we are as a people and our culture! That is what keeps us strong and bonded. We see the military burning down villages and homes of innocent southern Cameroonian civilians even when they are aware no one possesses threat to them in those houses. It’s all to disperse our people and render us wanderers so that our unity will be destroy, families are separated, many are now in the bushes or refugees in Nigeria and other countries. It is clear that more than 3000 southern Cameroonian civilians have been killed by Cameroon Soldiers, 530000 internally displaced and more than 40000 southern Cameroonian civilians are refugees in Nigeria as of July 2019. When you separate families you destroy society.
The French government and it’s military also take our innocent southern Cameroonian men, women and children from their home’s and shoot them at close range, just to instill fear and terror in us all as a people of British Southern Cameroon so that we can abandon our call for independence. Look at what the military did in Bali on the 18th of January 2020, they burnt down home’s in the heart of the Town with cars of innocent southern Cameroonian civilians. All what the French government and it’s military are doing is part of their plan to destroy southern Cameroonians completely.
It is for this reasons that, the SCNC is using this platform and many more to call on the world and common wealth Nations to see the genocide going on in our mother land southern Cameroon and to help us preserve our heritage, values and culture as a people as it is being destroy by the military. A place where we call home, the land of our birth! That place where even when our time on earth is over, we return to for our soul to rest In peace-, is that place the military is burning down each day. Our people are running day and night for fear of been killed by French Cameroon Soldiers.
The SCNC and the people of British Southern Cameroon ask, for how long will the world watch and stay quite while our people are suffering. One thing is certain victory is our’s, it may take long but our independence and total freedom is on it’s way. The is light at the end of the tunnel.
By Akime Cecilia.
Dr Rev. Success Nkongho Betrayal: Not The First Of It’s Kind.
The struggle for the restoration of the sovereign statehood of Southern Cameroons (Ambazonia) has been a victim of betrayal before. Each time, like a sportsman taking a bend with zeal to double his speed on the straight lane, this act of betrayal comes up to slow down. Indeed, betrayal is like a hurdle or a pit into which the struggle falls. But each time it bounces back to the embarassment of the traitor and the mentor, la Republique du Cameroun.
It all started early. The first frontline actor was Rev. Ayuk. He created real sensation at AAC1 in Buea, 1993 which was highly applauded.
Firstly, he brought in a Choir which sang and entertained the huge audience.
Secondly, his prayer was like the long awaited sweet palm wine for a thirsty audience.
But this “man of God” who moved the hungry for freedom and sovereign statehood into tears with his prayers came to be used by the very enemy he prayed God to punish and free the subjugated people. His efforts slowed down in that the spirit generated and the momentum ignited by AAC 11 Bamenda Proclamation in 1994, the Nine Man Delegation to the UN in 1995, and the nation wide signature referendum of 1995, which overwhelmingly favoured peaceful separation and restoration of Southern Cameroons sovereignty were not implemented as expected.
This notwithstanding, what Rev Ayuk the traitor gained was a post in the Prime Minister’s office. Though the struggle slowed down and there was malfunctioning, treachery never killed the struggle as intended by agents of the dark world.
The second act of betrayal came when a pro-action oriented leadership was in the saddle as from 2000.
End of the second millennium witnessed the declaration of the restoration of Southern Cameroons Independent Statehood over Radio Buea by Justice Frederick A. Ebong (late) and the holding of Constituent Assembly in Bamenda in April 2000 at which State symbols, state system and structure were debated and approved. Though Ebong and eight others were in Kondengui Prison, a plan of action was adopted to carry out national mobilisation and aggressive diplomatic offensive for actualisation of the restoration of Southern Cameroons sovereignty.
On October 1st, 2001 the celebration of Southern Cameroons(Ambazonia) Independence took place all over the national territory for the first time and the tree of liberty was watered by the blood of the martyrs killed by la Republique du Cameroun occupation forces.
The Yaounde annexation regime mindful of the pace we were moving had to change tactics to counter. The legal victory over Nigeria in the Abuja Federal High Court in 2002 recognized the distinct identity of Southern Cameroons and it’s inherent right to self-determination under the UN Charter and international law. Nigeria was similarly called upon to table this at the UN and ICJ and pursue to a logical end.
This not implemented, the SCNC/SCAPO leadership sued la Republique du Cameroun at the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights (ACHPR), Banjul, The Gambia, Communication 266/2003.
The second act betrayal had to be handled by team to counter Southern Cameroons at a Pan African Tribunal. As revealed by a letter to the then Minister of Justice, Ahmadu Ali with whom the deal was sealed the team was led by Chief Isaac Oben and assisted by a certain Dr Tita and Mr Leke Theodore. While Chief Isaac Oben and Mr Leke Theodore were SCNC officials, the fake Dr Tita was a very hungry party leader ready for any crumbs to survive.
Their mission was to withdraw the case filed by the SCNC/SCAPO against la Republique du Cameroun at the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) in Banjul, The Gambia. Promised a huge sum of money, they were to withdraw the case in the name of the Southern Cameroonian people on grounds that the Biya Regime was having dialogue with the people as called for by the Bamenda Proclamation of 1994. With Minister Dion Ngute leading the 8man la Republique legal team, the Chief Isaac Oben team which travelled in same flights and lodged in same hotels with the Ngute team was well fortified. This notwithstanding, the SCNC/SCAPO Delegation stood it’s grounds and the team of Judases was never at anytime admitted into the Court Sessions. When they didn’t succeed, the huge amount promised was not paid so Theodore Leke had to petition Minister Ahmadu Ali calling on him to honour the contract.
Though the Banjul case dragged on from 2003 to 2009, at the end judgement was given in favour of the Southern Cameroons. This Ruling which was further approved by the AU Summit of Sirte, Libya in July 2009 called for “Constructive Dialogue under the Good Offices of the African Commission” within “180 days”.
Here again the traitors and their mentor, la Republique du Cameroun, were hugely, hugely disgraced at the international domain.
The third round treacherous efforts by Dr. Rev. Success Nkongho will not be anything different. His late 2019 efforts to betray the cause and claim of having inside knowledge thanks to his involvement during SCACUF meetings is nothing new. Chief Isaac Oben for instance, in borrowed robes posed both as a Traditional Ruler and Chairman of the SCNC. Yet even with Minister Dion Ngute and able legal team he and his team could not be listened to in spite of the number of sessions attended and efforts made. Traitors must be reminded of received wisdom which holds that no one wins a war against his own people. Under the SCNC banner, l long declared, which has been quoted several times, that the Restoration of the sovereign statehood of Southern Cameroons(Ambazonia) has been ordained in the high heavens by the Almighty Creator God who, in His infinite wisdom gave us this land on planet earth as our eternal heritage.
While we take due cognizance of these traitors, it must be understood that la Republique du Cameroun is desperately involved in recruiting traitors from among us because she can’t stand and defend her claim of sovereign rights over Southern Cameroons(Ambazonia) in any international fora. As the Southern Cameroons team was one and indivisible in Banjul, defending the one Nation, one People, one Destiny, and came out victorious against la Republique du Cameroun, so must we today and tomorrow do. The sooner we overcome self interest and self aggrandizement, focus on the big picture and heal the wounds of divisionism and be pressed on flushing out the enemy, the road to Buea will be shortened.
We must seek to understand why the spies Great Liberator Moses of the Bible, sent to explore the promised Land, took such less time but when they returned and there was division and rebellion, the journey took many years, going down south, then east to come back west!
In this struggle it is self-evident that, the cancer of divisionism and self interest makes the perpetrators no less Dr Rev Nkongho Success for the consequences are same, delay liberation giving room to the slaughter of our people like diseased cows by la Republique du Cameroun terrorist gangs. God in the Holy Book assures us that once a people are united in their legitimate quest, nothing will stop them from achieving it.
I salute the single-minded patriotism of the RF on GZ who are whole heartedly focused on the enemy and the enemy only. They are the biblical Gideons and true heroes and heroines of the New Dawn. By this while calling on all patriots to pay due attention on GZ, let us bury whatever differences exist and support the efforts on GZ and put the struggle on the fast track. Let us make 2020 our year of FREEDOM!
Short live the struggle;
Long live the people’s inherent right to self-determination and freedom.
Long live the sovereign rights of all nations, large and small.
NFOR N NFOR
PPY
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Summary of Historic realities of Southern Cameroons
It has been clearly established in history that La République Du Cameroun (LRC) was known as Kamerun under the German administration from 1884 to 1916 and constituted Southern Cameroons, LRC, Parts of Chad, Central African Republic, Congo Brazzaville, and Nigeria.
The question here is, why is LRC nor claiming ownership of the other territories that made up German Kamerun but choses to annex and murder the people of Southern Cameroons over their heritage? It is deeply disappointing that LRC as a nation has no regard or respect for international laws and international boundaries.
At their defeat during World War 1, Germany lost Kamerun to Britain and France. At the Versailles Peace treaty in France (1919), article 22 of the League of Nations Convention confirmed the partition of German Kamerun into British Kamerun (Southern Cameroons) and French Kamerun as mandate territories with clearly defined boundaries. British Kamerun and French Kamerun therefore became United Nations Trust Territories under Britain and France respectively.
Eventually, on gaining its independence on the 1st of January 1960, French Kamerun became known as ‘La République Du Cameroun’ (LRC) with clearly established and defined boundaries. British Kamerun on the other hand was not part of this process. However, on the 1st of October 1961, British Kamerun obtained its own independence from Britain. To this date, there is no treaty nor historic record that extended the boarders of LRC to include that of Southern Cameroons
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Flag of Cameroon from 1961 – 1975
Flag of Cameroon
From 1919-1961Governed by Britain, Southern Cameroons emerged from the British League of Nations Mandate to the UN trusteeship as a gateway to independence which was attained on October 1st, 1961.
From 1961-1975As a UN Trust Territory, subjecting us to ‘independence by joining’ and leaving out the option to consolidate our independence was a violation of international laws. We have the right to self-exist as a nation. Instead of federal unity of equal states, LRC annexed, absorbed, occupied, and colonised Southern Cameroons.
From 1975- present dayThe Federal Republic of Cameroon was established after the Foumban Conference, and amidst strong protests from Southern Cameroons the constitution was again amended to the Republic of Cameroon, repressively dissolving the government and parliament of Southern Cameroons.
It deeply concerning that Southern Cameroonians are being accused of secession and killed by the government of LRC. Southern Cameroons obtained her independence separately from LRC and what we are seeking now is the restoration of that statehood which was lost through a hidden annexation agenda during the UN Plebiscite at Foumban whose proceedings were not in conformity with international laws in the context of decolonisation. The fact remains that we are claiming something that is rightfully ours and why should we as a nation be ravaged over our right to self-determination?
As a UN trust territory in the 1960’s we were autonomous with a prime minister as head of government, a parliament with ministers and a judiciary system from 1954 -1961. We wanted independence but were imposed a plebiscite that was reduced to two alternatives, which was to attain independence by either joining Nigeria or LRC.
Come to think of it, if Southern Cameroons was never an autonomous nation, how come we obtained independence from Britain?As a nation, we have endured over 50years of persistent marginalisation, discrimination, oppression, and repression from LRC and this conflict kicked off over our quest for the restoration of national sovereignty, legality, identity, truth and justice.
Southern Cameroons was misrepresented at the UN Plebiscite in Foumban which violated our rights to self-exist. The option ‘attain independence by joining’ was fought by our political elites who called for a thorough interpretation of the results but were flushed out and any form of resistance was suppressed. The resulting Federal Constitution from the Foumban conference was illegally imposed on Southern Cameroons just when the independence of 1st October 1961 was supposed to take effect. Cameroon then used this as access to dismantle and Francophonise the Anglo-Saxon system of Southern Cameroons.
The francophone civil law system will never become a replacement of the Anglo-Saxon system and that is why we are seeking for the restoration of our stolen patrimony. We firmly believe that the restoration of our statehood is the only just solution to end the anglophone crisis.
In 2016, teachers and lawyers went on a peaceful protest to denounce the professional constraints imposed on them by the Cameroun government, who rather than dialoguing with them responded with acute military brutality killing hundreds of unarmed civilians including women and children.
No end of the conflict is in sight with very little hope of any cooperation between Cameroon and the international community. As of now, several sources have recorded that more that 6,000 people have lost their lives with over 1 million internally displaced. Over 600,000 students have not had access to education since the onset of the armed conflict in 2016. Our leaders were abducted from Nigeria and unjustly sentenced to life imprisonment. Thousands have been executed and killed in abominable ways. Several thousands are languishing in prisons across LRC. Only an end to the conflict can ensure the security of the people of Southern Cameroons.
Human rights group carried out an investigation, interviewing more than 20 people, some of whom witnessed the attack. The investigation debunked the claims made by the government and established that Cameroon soldiers and armed Fulani had carried out a massacre of civilians. Human Rights Watch also confirmed that there had been no separatist fighters present during the massacre. The Cameroon government responded to the report by accusing the author of conspiring with the separatists to create false stories.
