Anglophone Consortium Calls For A Boycott Of The AFCON Trophy Parade in Southern Cameroons

Southern Cameroons (20 February 2017) -- For more than half a century, the peoples of Southern Cameroons have suffered all forms of abuses, torture, violence, militarization, intimidation, rape, killings, abductions, maiming, marginalisation, poverty, inequality, unemployment, underemployment, etc., simply because they'd resolved to claim their rights to restoration of statehood; or to reinstate a two-state federal system of government with equal status as enshrined in the original 1961 constitution.

In recent months, the death toll of Southern Cameroonian killed by the gangster regime has spiralled uncontrollably. At least eight in 10 families living in Southern Cameroons have been affected by the regime's brutal crackdown on pro-democracy fighters, illegal abductions, intimidation, inhumane treatment, unlawful arrests, unlawful killings, harassment, etc. We cannot let this continue to happen.

Never ever! The entire Southern Cameroons is now a funeral ground. We cannot go on celebrating a "national. trophy that does not reflect any aspect of true unity, complete integration, and inclusive dialogue with us. The trophy is a mockery to our winning struggle and not an official apology for the aforementioned crimes committed by President Paul Biya's regime on our peaceful citizens.

We are not your slaves, Mr. Paul Biya. We, therefore, declare a boycott of this event on Wednesday, 22 February 2017, in Bamenda, and on Friday, 24 February 2017, in Buea. No Southern Cameroonian should go out on Wednesday and Friday. Already, they are budding plans to kill citizens on the streets on that day. Stay at home and be peaceful. We are in mourning.

Anglophone Consortium