Have Ambazonians finally risen to the task of self Defense?
The events of the last few days in the Southern Cameroons Counties of Manyu, Mezam and Bui have put La Republique’s administrative and colonial forces in panicked. They seem to be gradually encountering another faceless enemy, this time not in their own territory of La Republique du Cameroun, but in the foreign territory of Southern Cameroons which they have been occupying illegally for 56 years now.
The declaration of the Restoration of the Independence of Southern Cameroons/ Ambazonia by the Chairman of the then Southern Cameroons Governing Council, H.E Sissiku Julius Ayuk-Tabe was followed by a heavy massacre of peaceful Southern Cameroonians by the occupier forces of La Republique du Cameroon. Citizens had gone out in their thousands to celebrate their independence restoration and also call for an end to the illegal incarceration of some of their leaders in local and foreign detention centers by the colonial government in Yaounde. Whereas some were shot on the streets while singing, dancing and waving peace plants, others were simply pulled out of their homes and shot, while some were fired by stray bullets from a helicopter gunship while sleeping in their homes.
For two weeks, Southern Cameroons was in shock and consternation, with families burying their dead love ones and treating the wounded in the hospitals. Even the hospitals became unsafe as the colonial forces went round pulling wounded gunshot victims from hospital beds and taking them to unknown destinations. As we write, it is recorded that more than 200 Southern Cameroonians were killed, more than 150 missing and thousands wounded with some still in hospitals. Thousands are presently taking cover in the bushes and neighbouring country, Nigeria.
Do Southern Cameroonians have the right to defend themselves?
Southern Cameroons by international law is a nation with well defined internationally recognized boundaries, but still under occupation. Though the citizens have right to pick up arms and chase the occupier away, they have for one year running decided to apply the most civilized weapon of the 21st century, nonviolent civil disobedience. Despite the heavy crack down they have encountered from the colonial forces, the people have restrained themselves from confrontations, even though they have the internationally recognized right to self-defense. They have consistently called for a frank dialogue with the occupier, with support to these calls from all relevant local and international agencies. All these have fallen on deaf ears as the colonial government says it is not ready to grant any form of autonomy – whether internal or external to the 56 years enslaved people.
From the gorilla attacks on the colonial forces in Mamfe, Bamenda and Jakiri in the past days, and the utterances from the self-defense wing of the revolutionary movement, it would appear Ambazonian young men have decided that it is sweet and worthy to die trying to put up self-defense against the brutal colonial forces, than lay quietly in your father’s house and still be killed or dismembered by stray bullets being sprayed on peaceful citizens. The unidentified men, which the AGC leader, Dr. Ayaba Cho has claimed over SkyNews and Reuters are his men acting in self-defense, seem to mean business, as they have succeeded to disarm colonial forces and take away their riffles. These are indications that the days ahead are pregnant and colonial agents are becoming increasingly unsafe in Southern Cameroons/Ambazonia.
What is the way forward?
The colonial government in Yaounde must avoid fighting an asymmetrical war on many fronts. It is a war where you don’t know who is the enemy. I could be the enemy, my grand mother could be the enemy and even my revolutionary minded kid could be the enemy. In fact, every angry Ambazonian is a potential enemy. But how will the colonial forces know the angry masses?
The should have realised by now that Southern Cameroonians, especially the youth are all filled with rage from the carnage of September, 22 and October 1st and have since then been calling on the revolutionary leadership to empower them put up self-defense, which is their right as a nation under occupation. That should tell you that they have been pushed to the wall and they have no choice than to defend themselves and their love ones from the killer colonial forces.
Consequently, instead of the colonial forces to go around harassing citizens and looking for enemies they don’t know, it is time for the colonial government to heed the international call for a frank and inclusive dialogue and do the needful. They cannot govern a people without their consent and the colonial forces cannot arrest all Southern Cameroonians at ones. They cannot also afford to commit another genocide after that of October 1st by randomly killing innocent Ambazonians. The colonial government just need to bow to international pressure and do the right thing.
Southern Cameroons is not a territory of La Republique du Cameroon. It is another country all together. Its independence has been restored and any further military action by the colonial forces on peaceful citizens is an act of aggression. Why rain terror on peaceful citizens and at the end still ask for dialogue with them? Haven’t you learn a lesson from your public declaration of war on Boko Haram and its consequences on your economy today?
To the angry Southern Cameroons youths, you must exercise restraint. We are not however telling you not to defend yourself from those who have brought and continue to bring grieve and anguish to your families. You must ensure that the colonial forces don’t take advantage of your self-defense campaign to further inflict pain on innocent families in Ambazonia. If they could use a helicopter gunship to shoot and disperse peaceful protesting citizens, then they are capable of doing anything, even though they know very well that it is a war crime to kill innocent citizens, especially when they (the colonial forces) are fighting to continue the illegally occupation of another sovereign state.
To the international community, you had projected what is happening long ago and you must not sit and watch it escalate and you starts running helter skelter with relief materials. Colonialism is illegal and a serious crimes in this 21st century and must be stopped. For how long will you study this case to understand that its an act of colonialism before you intervene and sent out the annexationist government? The time is ticking and the future in pregnant.
By Agbor James, BaretaNews Political Analyst
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Attention Attention !!! Fellow Ambazonians, we now have reliable information that La Republique du Cameroun is at it again. Following the deaths of some gendarmes in Ambazonia, La Republique plans secrete killings of Ambazonians. This time one of the methods they want to use is initiate curfews. They would then use this opportunity to arrest people they see at odd hours and brandish them as the perpetrators. Some of them may not even be brandished; they will simply be killed / disappeared. The other tactic is that, while people are observing curfews, La Republique agents will secretly target and attack homes and disappear people since there will be no eyes watching at those late hours.
So what is our defense strategy? First be on the alert and defend our homes with anything we have. Every household make sure that it owns at least a whistles. If every member of the house can own a whistle the better. Blow these whistles any time you see an intruder(s) alert neighbours.
All Ambazonians who own farms make sure you go to the farms in groups with your whistles tightly hung on you. I repeat, make sure you go to the farms in groups, at least 3 persons. It is a war we must win. W are almost at the point of victory, La Republique du Cameroun is in panic. So we must keep up the resistance till we get back our Country.
LET US BE VERY CAREFUL WITH THE DRAMA LRC IS STAGING NOW. TO JUSTIFY THEIR SO CALLED ARREST WARRANTS, LRC HAS ORGANIZED THE KILLINGS OF GENDARMES SO AS TO JUSTIFY THE CLAIM THAT WE ARE TERRORISTS TO THE WORLD. THE AGC IS SHEEPISHLY CLAIMING RESPONSIBILITY BECAUSE CHO AND CO THINK THAT WITH THAT THEY CAN LAUNCH THEIR ‘GOFUNDME’ TO DUPE SOUTHERN CAMEROONIANS. IF THE AGC IS TELLING US THE TRUTH, LET US SEE MORE OF THEIR ACTION ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTHERN ZONE. LRC CLEARLY IN THEIR BIT TO THEIR POLICY OF DIVIDE AND RULE, WANTS TO SHOW THAT IT IS ONLY THE NORTHERN ZONE THAT IS THE PROBLEM. SOUTHERN CAMEROONIANS BE WISE.
The interim government has not yet declare war even though Yaounde has ever since been at war with us.
We stand with the people of Jakiri, Mamfe, and all other places, no backing down, no giving up, hold your ground and defend your self for those LRC bastards.
We the people of the Federal Republic of Ambazonia will fight at home and abroad to the last man. Nothing is going to stop us. killing us, terrorizing us, calling us terrorist, issuing so called international warrant of arrest, preventing us from returning to our homeland, and all the other evil is not going to make us think of stopping. No, no, no.
No entity is going to talk, scare, terror us down. No organization is going to force it destiny on to us, no way, not this time.
We are determining our future no matter how much of us are killed by the demons of Yaounde and its evil inhuman satanic, savage supporters.
Once more, I hope we do not use some of these foolish LRC childish games to start making derogatory comments of each other. Notwithstanding the fact that the sanctity of life is something that is steeped in our tradition, at some point we have to make these Beti gangsters understand that they do not have a monopoly on violence. Any person of good faith will actually be appreciative of the incredible level of restrain that our people have displayed following the massacre of September 22nd and October 1st 2017. The cpdm crime syndicate should continue to provoke our people, but they should not forget that sooner or later, people are going to take a stand. For it is better to die fighting than stay in your house only for the terrorist organization called LRC army to come and break down the door of your house, pull you out and shoot you to death.
ALL funds to the Federal Republic of Ambazonia, we have a Secretary of Defence to make necessary decisions.
LOOSERS USA WILL NEVER SUPPORT U, WE WERE INVESTIGATING TO KNOW WHO IS BEHIND, U.K.and USA CAN’T GO AGAINST FRANCE INTERESTS YOU AMBAZOFOOL WANTED TO SELL THE COUNTRY, WE WILL SELL IT CHEAPER TO PREVENT YU GUYS TO DIVIDE, DON’T GO TO SCHOOL WE DOESN’T CARE ANYMORE, ANGLOPHONES KIDS MEMBERS OF GOVERNMENT WILL GO TO SCHOOL AND RULE THEN REPRESENT YOU, YOU LIVE ON FINDINGS TILL WHEN? NYAMFUKAH…OWN WE WILL CRUSH YOUR RESISTANCE. ..LOOK AT SPAIN AND WHAT SOUTH SOUDAN LOOK LIKE, WE WILL CREATE MISUNDERSTANDING AND U WILL KILL EACH OTHER, BAMENDA, BANYANGUI…
You sound so desperate. Pity you franco…. LOL