Chief Ayamba - Leader of SCNC
Leaders of the separatist Southern Cameroons National Council (SCNC) are determined to celebrate what they consider as Southern Cameroons’ Independence Day - despite threats of a government crackdown.
The movement regards the former British colony as annexed by French-speaking Cameroon and calls for its sovereignty.
Previous SCNC demonstrations have incurred attacks from the Cameroonian government.
“We shall not relent and we shall not be intimidated,” said Hitler Mbinglo, Chairman for the Northern Zone.
However he remained tight-lipped about details of the October 1st festivities.
SCNC leaders, in the North West, have suffered a recent spate of arrests and imprisonment.
Among the jailed activists is Prof Martin Chia, the promoter of a group advocating for the liberation of Northern and Southern Cameroons from Nigeria and Cameroon respectively.
Unlike the Ette Ayamba-led SCNC, which favours a separation of the ex-British colony from the rest of Cameroon, Chia’s movement wants former Northern Cameroonians who voted to join Nigeria in 1961 to secede and form a separate country with Southern Cameroons.
This difference in agenda caused friction between both camps.
The movement regards the former British colony as annexed by French-speaking Cameroon and calls for its sovereignty.
Previous SCNC demonstrations have incurred attacks from the Cameroonian government.
“We shall not relent and we shall not be intimidated,” said Hitler Mbinglo, Chairman for the Northern Zone.
However he remained tight-lipped about details of the October 1st festivities.
SCNC leaders, in the North West, have suffered a recent spate of arrests and imprisonment.
Among the jailed activists is Prof Martin Chia, the promoter of a group advocating for the liberation of Northern and Southern Cameroons from Nigeria and Cameroon respectively.
Unlike the Ette Ayamba-led SCNC, which favours a separation of the ex-British colony from the rest of Cameroon, Chia’s movement wants former Northern Cameroonians who voted to join Nigeria in 1961 to secede and form a separate country with Southern Cameroons.
This difference in agenda caused friction between both camps.
Nfor Ngafor Nfor - VP SCNC
By Ngum Ngafor
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