Twenty seven Anglophones to be appear before the military tribunal today April 27, 2017

Barrister Agbor Balla, Dr. Fontem Neba, Mancho Bibixy and 24 other Anglophones incarcerated in the Yaounde Central Prison Kondegui, are to appear before the court today.  They are accused of propagating false information, terrorism, and vandalism among others.

Following the decision taken early this month by the Yaoundé Military Court to treat the case as one case, many fear that judgment may not be fair to everyone. 

Some onlookers express fear for what they think may be the outcome of the judgment today while critics warn the government to be careful with their verdict else it might spark a more disastrous crisis.

“I think the decision the court has taken to Judge all 27 arrested as one is a very wrong decision. The accused did not commit the same crimes as the government rightly knows which gives the reason for each case to be considered differently. In this type of arrangement, many innocent people who were not even involved actively in the strike will be punished unjustly” says an onlooker.

“Let the Government be careful not to give a judgment that will take things from where they are to a worst situation. Giving the group a severe sentence will only worsen thing in the country” says a critic.