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The recent abduction of Ambazonia leaders in Nigeria has sparked a serious outcry across Cameroon, even in Francophone Cameroon. Even though the sincerity of Francophone Cameroonians in the outcry could be questioned, there's no doubt that Mr Biya and his men are pushing Southern Cameroonians to the wall. The arrest of President Sisiku and his men is arguably the most glaring indication that Mr Biya has no intentions to hold talks with leaders of the Anglophone struggle.

A young politician in Francophone Cameroon has asserted in very strong terms that Mr Biya and his men have simply set a trap for Southern Cameroonians by arresting their leaders. To Mr Cabral Libii, the abduction is a provocative move to push Southern Cameroonians to get radicalised. The presidential hopeful was speaking on Equinoxe TV at the weekend, reports have said. The abduction of these leaders would be the last tactical error any wise president would make in a struggle of this kind.

The struggle has moved beyond the influence of leaders. Apparently no single person can stop the train: The people are on the move. That's why the people are ready to appoint new leaders at anytime.

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Barrister Bobga Harmany has taken over as interim president of Ambazonia.the announcement was made on SCBC by Milton Taka, Undersecretary for Communications for the Interim Government in a Live coverage on January 9th 2018.Barrister Bobga will lead the affairs of the Interim Government alongside two others as reported in the announcement.

In the live video, the undersecretary as well called on all Ambazonians worldwide to stage protest marches at all Nigerian Embassies worldwide untill the release of its leader by the government of president Buhari.

Bobga Harmony was the President of the Common law Bar Association now christened Southern Cameroon Bar. He led Common Law Lawyers strike against the Republic of Cameroon, he fled the country in early 2017 when the government of president Biya began a crackdown of the lawyers strike.

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African Bar Association issues statement following recent arrest of Ambazonian leaders
Unlawful arrest /abduction of Cameroonian refugees by Nigerian Security agents

On behalf of the African Bar Association, I write to bring to your esteemed attention and to formally protest the unlawful arrest and abduction of scores of Cameroonian refugees resident in Nigeria by Security agents believed to be from the department of State Security, the Military intelligence or other security organs of the Nigerian State.

Information of this unfortunate incident which reportedly occurred in Abuja on Saturday was made available to the African Bar Association by some of the refugees who witnessed the abduction and managed to escape .

Honourable Attorney -General Sir, it may interest you to know that most of the abductees are Lawyers and registered members of our Association.

Furthermore, these individuals had their privacy invaded and whisked away without a warrant or any explanation at all and taken into custody at an unknown location.

Needless to say that the political problems in the Republic of Cameroon are notorious and in the domain of the international Community with the attendant consequences.

We make bold to say that Nigeria as a respectable and responsible member of the international community has Legal obligations under the United Nations Convention on Refugees, the African Charter on human and people’s rights and several other international and local legislations that gives rights to refugees and other endangered civilian Nationals of other Nations which must be taken into account at all times as Nigeria has obligations to protect these rights.

If the motive for these unlawful acts is to return the refugees to Cameroon, then Nigeria would be violating international Law that forbids Countries from returning refugees to the Countries they are fleeing from.

Cameroon right now is in total chaos with wide spread state sponsored terrorism, political persecution, intimidation, mass rape and murder particularly against the citizens of the Southern part of that Country which has led many to flee the dictatorship there to temporarily reside in Nigeria and other Countries within and outside the African Continent. It may interest you to know sir that Afba has been working hard with other likeminded Continental and international bodies to see that this crisis is resolved and normalcy returns to Cameroon but so far the Government of that Country has prefered Facism and Gestapo tactics to dialogue.

Sir, the African Bar Association as a responsible Professional Association cannot sit by and allow this type of situation to stand where Security operatives under whatever guise or directives violate Human Rights and international Law especially of members of our esteemed Association .

In the circumstances, the African Bar Association demands as follows :

(1)immediate release of all those abducted by Security agents of the Nigerian State.

(2)apology and adequate compensation to these innocent individuals for these grave legal infractions and

(3) thorough investigation into the circumstances which led to this unfortunate incident and adequate punishment for those found culpable.

While we trust in the ability and speedy attention of your good office to meeting these Lawful demands, we shall however not hesitate to approach the Local and international Courts to seek Legal redress if this matter is not resolved with the next 48 hours.

Meanwhile, please accept the assurances of the cooperation and high considerations of the African Bar Association.

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Ambazonian activist Atam Milan has called for a worldwide demonstration by Ambazonians/Southern Cameroonians at Nigerian Embassies worldwide.The call comes after the abduction of H.E Ayuk Tabe Juluis, president of the interim government alongside 9 other delegates of Ambazonia last week Friday in an Abuja hotel.

He made the call on his official Facebook wall some early Tuesday, 09.01.2017.Below is what he posted on his wall:

January 09, 2018
My Fellow Country Coordinators and Compatriots,

If organizing rallies ever had a bearing on our struggle, this is the time. Please go ahead and organize as soon as possible.

The Nigerian Government is under tremendous pressure from Cameroon and France to hand over our leadership.

The deal which was organized in such a manner that everything would be done under the radar and all of us transferred to Cameroon without anyone noticing failed. A number of things happened:

1. The planned worked perfectly except that they left one person behind. God works in mysterious ways. Noticing that something was wrong, we blew the alarm. When they realized their error, they came back for me but I had left the hotel. They then picked up the medication of the comrades who had booked into the hotel and took to them, including Sisiku's daily tablets.

2. With the planned abduction now blown open, they are caught between the rock and a hard place. They cannot extradite them officially but also need to find good reason for their release. We need to give them that reason.

3. The intentional community is hovering and paying attention. They are asking questions and Nigeria is under the spotlight. She had to be seen to do the responsible thing and respect the rule of law and human rights. And Nigeria is a proud country.

Therefore let us continue to pile the pressure through media outlets(blogs, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, Reddit etc), through high profile individuals, international organizations and other networks we may have.
Even through your friends and neighbors who are Nigerians.

Most of all let us organize those rallies in front of the Nigerian embassies.
Our message should be simple: appeal to the good sense of the Nigerian government, knowing that it is a country that has been especially kind and hospitable to us thus far. But also knowing that she is under tremendous pressure.

Yaounde will only succeed if we relent. The net is closing around me. Yaounde has made clear it needs the missing piece of the puzzle. The relentless search by members of their security cluster is on and should I get arrested/abducted, I can rest assured that I have played my part and it is now in your hands.

I have managed to get the legal fraternity in Nigeria to work. I have had a series of high profile meetings and thanks to our Compatriots in Nigeria, we have managed thus far.

This is a God-ordained struggle and we are all called upon at some point or another to play our part. Now is time to reach out to every Nigerian of good conscience and get them to play a role on our behalf.

We shall overcome!
Millan Atam

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Do not despair. It is what one young man told me this morning and then he added curiously: "we are winning". What are you winning? I retorted, to which he calmly whispered:"Our restoration". Then I moved from my neighborhood to another one and ran into a group of Anglophone Cameroonians. They were conversing and one identified me and asked: "have you heard the news?" I replied: I suppose it is about the arrest of AyukTabe". He nodded affirmatively and told me: "learn to call him President AyukTabe". Then he said: "They have just made matters worst like they did with the consortium".

As I left them and boarded a taxi for Akwa, I felt that, the youngman was correct. And before I could settle at the French cultural centre, I got a phone call from a friend who sounded defiant: "Good things don't come by easily". And she added: "Those people who were on the fence must now understand that Biya thinks his dialogue is long overdue". She concluded: "soon we will have a country where peace will reign and it will be one of the most prosperous".

Confused, I asked: "are you talking about this Cameroon?" She cried: "No! I am talking about Ambazonia". I didn't continue any further, I understood that what has happened in Nigeria is a kind of divine intervention to salvage this struggle from calapse.

Paul Biya has by default helped give a revolutionary creditial to AyukTabe. In the underworld, you become, a leader not only after having murdered an innocent person, but after going to jail. In politics, especially that which has to do with fighting against despots, it's synonymous gangster acts.

If you have not been arrested , harassed or go to jail, you are not respected. It was based on this background that, some people were contesting the leadership of AyukTabe. However, thanks to the maladroit gesture of Abuja and most importantly, Paul Biya, AyukTabe has crushed any revolt.

He will come out of custody with a new tag: arrested abroad. Sisiku AyukTabe can say thank you to Paul Biya, but he has always been an ally of Anglophone nationalists. In 1984, he used his pen to create Fon Gorgi Dinka and now through his gauche act , he has put fuel in the tanks of restoration movements and more, Unite them.

If after reading the above you still have doubts that Paul Biya is an ally, albeit by default to the Ambazonian course, then I don't know what else to say or write in order to to convince you.

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The leading opposition figure in Cameroonian politics has expressed his bitterness towards President Biya's handling of the Anglophone crisis.

Mr Fru Ndi has declared that he would wish him a "sad year" if he had travelled to Yaoundé to attend the new-year-wishes ceremony last week. " I didn't have enough stamina to travel to Yaoundé. Roads are pretty bad in this part [of the country ]. And even if I had come, I would have said 'sad year, Mr President'",

Mr Fru Ndi is quoted by Le Jour as saying. The pioneer and current chairman of SDF has also deplored Biya's show of greater concern for the fight against Boko Haram to the detriment of the sociopolitical crisis in Southern Cameroons. Mr Biya has expressed deep concern on several occasions about the Boko Haram insurgency in the Great North.

His administration has even negotiated the release of several hostages with the terror group. But he has shown open unwillingness to hold talks with the unhappy people of Southern Cameroons. He has demonstrated complete disregard for the thousands of hopeless Southern Cameroonians seeking refuge in neighbouring Nigeria. And this is the same man who is ever quick to express his condolences to disaster-stricken nations.

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Cameroon like most African countries badly needs people who have vision so that projects conceived don't fail even before there are being realized.

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