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Time to get the Federal Government of Nigeria to respect its own High Court Ruling of 2002
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- Mola Njoh
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Fellow Southern Cameroonians Ambazonians
It is a difficult moment for us all after the abduction of our Leader and some of his most trusted comrades in Abuja. This includes the entire leadership of SCINGA (Southern Cameroonians in Nigeria ) who were meeting for a briefing and to discuss the situation of our Compatriots who have been attacked by the armed forces of La Republique and forced to flee their beloved homeland and seek protection and refuge from the Nigerian Government.
Many have called to ensure my safety and even the most courageous have asked me to flee to an unknown destination. But I refuse to buckle under the pressure. I strongly believe it was Divine intervention that facilitated the circumstances that led to my missing my flight and not making it to the venue on time. I will therefore take that as a sign to stay resolute and fight for them.
I am persuaded that incarcerated as they are, they find solace in the knowledge that I am out there doing everything in my power to get their release. They are comforted in the knowledge that we as a people will stand united behind them for as long as they are not liberated. Therefore we owe them a duty to hold the fort and press all necessary buttons to see that they regain their freedom and lead our people again.
So yes against the better judgement of the experts, I have decided not to run precipitously but rather hold on and try the best I can , with the support of all to seek their release. For is my life and personal freedom more important than the cause and its leaders?
Let us all continue to be strong and pray for their safety, comforted that of all the actors that could have arrested them, they are in the custody of the Nigerian government which thank God respects the rule of law and human rights.
We shall overcome
A Luta Continua
Millan Atam
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- Rita Akana
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Ayah Paul reacts to the abduction of the Interim Government of Ambazonia by Nigerian security forces
IF ARRESTED
As of now there are conflicting reports as to what has happened to Tabe Ayuk Julius and others. If abducted, there is little to be said here. But if arrested, due process shall follow if Nigeria is in a state of law.
Our law professor, Kisob Fomudan, was wont to tell us that “the law is an ass”. This would be followed by rhetorical questions and a hearty laugh at the end:
- As the ass is not very intelligent, is the implication that the law is incomplete?
- As the ass is docile, does it mean the law can be domesticated and ridden by whosoever?
- As even children can ride the ass, is the law weak? Or that whosoever can use it in the furtherance of their growth and protection?
- Is it that the law does not discriminate: accords equal protection? …
It is common knowledge that, by reason of sovereignty, Cameroun cannot walk into Nigeria and effect arrest even of her own citizens. Be it in the execution of an international arrest warrant, no country can override another country’s territorial integrity and of course sovereignty. It stands to reason then that arrest in the present circumstance can only be carried out by Nigeria. If Nigeria allowed Cameroun to arrest on Nigerian soil, Nigeria would still take responsibility before the international judicial authorities.
As explained elsewhere earlier, if Nigeria has arrested those persons pursuant to any international arrest warrants, due process will now commence. There is no such thing in international law as “automatic extradition” whatever the nature of the suspected crime. Every instance of extradition can be challenged before the courts with the necessary rights to appeal. Precluding anyone from availing themselves of such legal rights exposes the person so precluding to being legally constrained to pay reparation in due course.
But that is the law as it is; and the observance is contingent on the existence of a state of law. Nigeria has a history of an army general, turned civilian president, flouting the law. The case in point is that of the former Liberian President, Charles Taylor, that President Obasanjo made over to the international criminal court without any legal process. One may hasten to say, though, that, in that case, there was already an order from the international court for his arrest. That may not be a very appropriate precedent for the case of Tabe Ayuk Julius and others here. But we all know that the observance of the law in Africa changes like quicksilver!
Again must there be a distinction between the International Criminal Court and Camerounese domestic courts that do pass the death sentence. Nor is the case any minor the fact that the competent domestic court here is the court martial that offends against international criminal law. Nigeria would be taking a dangerous leap in the dark in the event of the nonobservance of due process within international norms!
We may realize just again that our victory songs could well be premature and, indeed, ephemeral!
JUST A CURSORY LEGAL OPINION AND NOT A JUDGMENT!
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According to a report by International Crisis Group, some seven military personnel were murdered in clashes between forces loyal to La Republique and Ambazonian separatists in December Southern Cameroons.
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- Tasha S.T
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A chief in the South West region of Cameroon has been reportedly hanged by the youths of his village for betraying the struggle.
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# Paul Biya and his regime
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