Anglophone Cameroon separatists look headed for a showdown with Yaoundé
after announcing that they will declare the two formerly British administered
regions of the country independent on the same day Cameroon completely takes
control over the formerly disputed oil rich Bakassi peninsula.
Total transfer of sovereignty over the neck of land in the
English-speaking Southwest Region which was at the centre of an almost
two-decade spat between Cameroon and Nigeria, is August 14, according to the
Green Tree Accord both nations signed on June 12, 2006.
Proposed Southern Cameroon Flag (Source WIKIMEDIA COMMONS) |
Apparently preparing for their independence day, SCNC activists from May
to July this year held a series of secret meetings to raise funds.
Curiously, more women have boarded the bandwagon of the SCNC. The
movement has seen the number of women backing its activities ahead of the
declaration of independence soar, sources say.
As a show of their grit, activists have already posted a national
anthem, “Freedom Land,” online, a pledge and their blue and white stripped flag
with thirteen stars (yellow) which stand for the thirteen would-be states of
Southern Cameroons.
A currency dubbed the Cameroon United Nations Organization “CUNO” will
be publicly launched on August 7, 2013, they say.
A group of activists, who claim that United Nations Secretary General,
Ban Ki Moon, has already given them the nod by signing some “vital documents,”
declared that, “on August 13 breaking the D-day, our national flag will be
hoisted in all our earmarked 13 states amidst gunshots.”
While other SCNC factions claim that they have a radio and standing
army, some who dismiss the claims as blatant lies, argue that Southern
Cameroons does not need an army “because our independence will come on the
platter of gold.”
The latter splinter group argues that the French speaking part of
Cameroon long seceded from the union when they reverted to using the name, “La
Republic du Cameroun.”
“They cancelled one of the two gold stars on the flag’s green section
and moved the other to the red portion leaving the English speaking part of the
country out.”
In a bid to put things under control, the administration of the
Northwest has already started cracking down on what it calls “bad eggs”
destabilizing national unity.
Over 80 SCNC activists led by their National Chairman, Nfor Ngala Nfor,
were arrested on Saturday, July 27th in Ndzrinji-Kumbo, Bui Division, during an
enlarged meeting and incarcerated at the Kumbo prison.
Mezam SDO, Nguele Nguele Felix,
sealed Bamenda-based private FM station, Foundation Radio on April 22 on
grounds that it propagated secessionism on its early morning talk show, the
“Good Morning Bamenda Show”. However, the Radio was re-opened on Monday June 24.
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