The War in Ambazonia and the Fight Over Control of Buea: Civilians Trapped Between Two Elephants
Buea is the Federal Capital of the Southern Cameroons, now popularly referred to as the Federal Republic of Ambazonia by freedom fighters. It can, therefore, be described as the political epicenter of the Ambazonia war of Independence. As the conflict enters a more deadly phase, Buea is increasingly becoming a centre of violent actions as the belligerent parties – the colonial government of French Cameroon and the
Since the beginning of the conflict, the colonial mayor of Buea, Patrick Ekema and the occupational governor Bilai Okalia have consistently tried to flex their muscles of total political control over the city. They have employed all types of illegal measures to kill the weekly ghost town operations declared by revolutionary forces but to no avail. The announcement of the 9 days lock-down of Ambazonia by the Self Defense Forces and the anti-lock-down threats from the colonial governor that followed the announcement, set the stage for more violent activities on both sides in a show of force. There continue to be sporadic clashes within the city as Ambazonians seek to enforce the lock-down which runs from February 5th to 14th.
After a bloody and fierced ghost town on Monday February 4, 2019, and a little bit relaxed February 5, denizens woke up today February 6, to a series of violent activities and sporadic gunshots. An element of the colonial force was reportedly beheaded and his head placed on a fence at the sandpit neighbourhood. Some four vehicles including a taxi were set ablazed around Bonduma, while the sceen of a black Toyota Camry that had taken to the road early in the morning was also shattered.
It’s important to state that three of the vehicles burnt this morning were stationed infront of the doors of the owners and people have been questioning why the Ambazonian fighters had to burnt them down when they were not on the road in disobedient to the lock-down instructions. Sources within the revolutionary forces have hinted BaretaNews that the owners of the vehicles are civil servants who were probably monitored by Amba fighters driving their cars to work on Monday and Tuesday in obedience to the instructions of the occupational governor that all civil servants must be on their job sides during this period whether there is lock-down or no lock-down, or risk being sacked for absenteeism. The citizens are therefore victims of a fight between two elephants as they tustle over the control of the city of Buea.
The independence seekers expect all business activities and transportation to be grounded during this 9 days period, as they continue in their attempts to completely
The increasing activities of the restoration forces within the capital city this morning extending right up to Great Soppo entrance which is very close to a colonial gendarmerie brigade is an indication that Buea has been completely infiltrated by them. With the avoidance of open confrontation and increasing use of guerrilla warfare tactics, it’s evident that colonial forces have a lot of work to do and this also further put innocent civilians in danger, a catch 22 position which now puts everyone to be on alert so as to stay completely safe as Ambazonia fighters implore more guerrilla moves within the city
These civilians therefore have no choice than to stay indoors and avoid being victims of the show of forces by both sides. Ambazonia is at war and citizens must learn to obey war instructions that help them to preserve their properties and stay alive. Okalia Bilai or Ekema Patrick shall not be there to resurrect you if you die or replace your property that is destroyed because you wanted to obey their instructions.
James Agbor, BaretaNews Political Analyst
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Everything is a learning process, some of us have already learned while others are slow to learn. It is just normal. Some of our people and those citizens for LRC will finally learn the lesson.
War does not ask, negotiate, beg, …, it does not understand being innocent, not at all. War imposes.
It’s very simple, in war, the most precious thing is not one’s job, salary, education, business, … but one’s life. It is better to maintain life and lose every other thing, at least one can struggle and rebuild back all that was destroyed. This is the bitter lesson
that we Ambazonians have to learn like it or like it not.
We should be very careful, this war is not a joke and it is going to get worst.
@ Malis you are very right!Southern Cameroonians must understand that the french Cameroon regime, all civil servants,biya himself despise all of them,for 58 years they have been degraded to poverty,weak beggars, acceptance of the embarrassing dirty way of living,voiceless and fearful of the weak illiterate hateful gendarme and police whose acts of duty is white slavery colonisation of beatings, torture,shot to kill, insults etc,the able men and women must fight back,for example, why would three gendarme torture a innocent civilian within their community,yet all the many strong men tend to watch without interfering,arrest them, beat them and seize their weapon? there is war declared by biya, the people cannot sit back with their arms folded relying on Amba boys alone with simple self defense to protect their people, many complain of food, food food during ghost towns,Ambazonia is not in famine,food,alcohol,bribe money, greed, voiceless governmental positions from the french puppet Ahidjo/biya regime has held them voiceless slave, the future generations for 58 years,many are still using kerosine lamps,ccandles,firewood,dirty drinking water, wells,outside hole toilets,bucket shower,death trap roads yet they are complaining about those fighting and dying for Civilisation from a colonial dotage regime,freedom is not given for free in any country, people must fight, die and take it!patriotic Ambazonians in this revolution will never give up for freedom and independence of Southern Cameroon Ambazonia!
POOR YOU ASSHOLE BRUTE AND MOTHERFUCKING NEGROE!SINCE WHEN DID YOU BECOEM ENGLISH AND NOW YOU WANT TO STRANGLE PEOPLE ECONOMICALLY IN THE MODUS VIVENDI OS SLAVERY REBORN FOR A RECKLESS CAUSE RECOGNIZED BY NOBODY BUT BIG DICK PACKING BRUTES FROM THE HEART OF DARKNESS?AT LEAST TODAY VEHICLES PLIED BAMENDA YOU SHUMBU NYAMFUKA.YOU BEHEADED A SOLDIER AND LATER CAMEROON FORCES CAME IN FOR A CLEAN SWEEP WITH YOUR PUNK ASSES AMBA HOODLUMS FEELING TO BUSHES.SSHAME .PIECES OF SHIT AND POOR LAZY DIRTY STUPID MONKEYS ,APES AND BABOONS.
We cannot afford to have Ambazonian who have been brainwashed by the LRC slaves to be talking with both sides of their mouth or worst still to be sitting on the fence at this juncture. We have young Ambazonians who have decided against all odds to take a stand against the criminal thugs from LRC yet some will dare to violate a simple order for them to stay at home?
This is a matter of life and dead and he who thinks we are joking should better recalibrate their conduct. At this time in our history, we are either standing together to fight against injustice for our very existence is at the risk of annihilation from a foolish and subhuman slave of the french leeches call Biya.
big dick packing baboons had been slaves to each other since 1619 when the first betrayed and ssold africans arrived in jonestown ,virginia usa.this is testimony to the wicked nature of the black man cum sub-human and apes.I KEEP TELLING YOU LOW IQ BABOONS AND DIRTY POOR LAZY MONKEYS THAT KAMERUN WAS CREATED BY OTTO VON BISMARCK IN 1886 DURING THE BERLIN CONFERENCE AND THERE HAD NEVER BEEN AN AMBAZONIA IMAGINARY UTOPIAN REPUBLIC AND THERE WILL NEVER BE ONE.KAMERUN THE WHITE MAN CARCO JUST LIKE OTHER COLONIES WORLDWIDE CHANGED HANDS WIT THE ENGLISH COMING IN AFTER THE LEAGUE OF NATION IN 1916 TO ADMINSTER TEIR SHARE OF THE GERMAN CARCO!!!!THEY PUT A BUT OF THEIR LANGUAGE AND EDUCATIONAL AND LEGAL SYSTEMS ON THIS CARCO CALLED SOUTHERN CAMEROONS AND THEN THE UN SOONS ASKED THIS CARCO TO JOIN THE REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON OR NIGERIA.PART JOINED NIGERIA AND PART JOINED CAMEROON.THE ONLY MISTAKE CAMEROON MADE WAS THEIR ARROGANT ADMINISTRATORS TRYING TO ANNEX AND AND ASSIMILATE ENGLISH SPEAKING CAMEROON DESPITE THE TWO OF THEM BEING COUSINS AND BLACK PEOPLES PACKING BIG BLACK HORSES.IN A TYPICAL BANTU SIMIAN FASHION REMINISCENT OF THE HEART OF DARKNESS IN THE WORKS OF JOSEPH CONRAD, BLACKS WILL BE BLACKS AS WE ARE SEEING EVERY STEREOTYPE ABOUT THEIR LOW IQ BEHAVIOUR, LOW IMPULSE CONTROL AND BAD HABITS, BANDITRY, ARMED ROBBERRY,KIDNAPPINS, PROMANIA OH PYROMANIA ON BUIDLINGS, SCHOOLS, PRIVATE PROPERTY, CHILD MOLESTATION OOF INNOCENT KIDS ATEDNING SCHOOLS AND BEHEADINGS BY THUGS TOTTING DANE GUNS AND OTHER FORMS OF JUNGLE BEHAVIOR INHERENT IN THE SOCALLED AMABA BOYS OR RED DEVILS OR BALCK SATAN , 7KATA BAFUT CANNIBALS, LEBEIALEM TSE TSE FLY SURVIVORS ETC.THIS LOCK DOWN WILL COME AND GO BUT ON THE INNOCENT PEOPLE WILL REMAIN THE GRASS THAT WILL ALWAYS BE TRAMPLED ON AS THEY BEAR THE BRUNT OF THINGS.LONG LIVE SUB-HUMAN FECAL MATERIALS LIKE UGLY WIRKI SHIT NTUM KIBARINKO MASQUERADE JUJU FACE MARK BARETA, THE NYANGI EWELLE LEPROSY CALLED JULIUS TABE, THE MBINGO LEPROSY BOH HERBERT, THE BAKWERI MOJKANJU CON ILLITERATE FAKE PHD PASTOR SAMUEL IKOME SAK, THE BANWA MAFUA NDEM ORPHANS AND CONMNE TAPANG STUDENT J VISA FRAUDSTER IVO AND CHRIS ANUS YES CHRIS ANUS AND THE NTIKANG ABEREU BONOBO MONKEY LUCAS CHO AYAB, AND KWERE MBUNGA KWERE TO AKWANGWANG BENJI!FUCK YOU DEVILS AND CURSED BE YOU.