BY TALLA AGHAA CHRISTOPHER.
As tensions in the North West and South West Regions rage unabated, government has embarked on a protracted mission to fish out sympathisers and activists backing the now termed; Anglophone Crisis.
The war in the two Anglophone Regions of Cameroon referred to by activists as Southern Cameroons or “Ambazonian” is in its third year with no end in sight. The number of shootings, abductions, arrests and the burning of houses and villages by the military of suspected activists keep soaring and government is bent on fishing out all Anglophone activists be it of the SCNC, alleged Separatist Fighters and Ambazonian sympathizers for them to face charges of terrorism, secession, and propagation of false news, before the military tribunal in Yaounde.
Leaders of the virtual state of Ambazonia otherwise known as Southern Cameroons, Seseku Ayuk Tabe, Tassang Wilfred, Barrister Eyambe , Nfor Ngala Nfor and others, were then extradited from Nigeria and placed incommunicado for close to a year and are currently standing trial at the Yaounde military. They are presently faced with charges of acts of terrorism, secession, and related offences.
The war in the two Anglophone Regions of Cameroon referred to by activists as Southern Cameroons or “Ambazonian” is in its third year with no end in sight. The number of shootings, abductions, arrests and the burning of houses and villages by the military of suspected activists keep soaring.
Many Anglophones have been apprehended in various military check and security check points after their phones have being searched and discovered therein messages videos, pictures and images of the killings of Cameroon Military by Ambazonian Defence Forces, ADF, forward as received not leaving out vehicles and placed incommunicado in draconian inhumane detention conditions
The case of Buh Emmanuel Gih remains pathetic as his where about is puzzling going by family sources. THE SUN gathered that Buh Emmanuel Gih , became a frontline member of the Southern Cameroon National Council, SCNC, a pressure group clamouring for the restoration of the Independence of Southern Cameroon, since 2016. Reports say since March 2019 he has been under police search lights and the government has placed a colossal sum as offer to anybody who will expose the where about of Buh Emmanuel Gih especially as their family resident was razed to the ground by the military while hunting for him and other Anglophone activists. His activities with SCNC included the distribution of flyers, hosting of banners and sensitization of youths of his area on the importance of the movement. These actions will later on according to reports land him on multiple arrests, detention exposing him to inhumane conditions while in custody with the most pathetic one being in September 2018. Thanks to the assistance of one of the security operatives who developed sympathy for Buh Emmanuel Gih,while in detention, he escaped from detention and since then there has been no hiding place for him in Cameroon. Buh Emmanuel Gih will relocate to his native Ndop village even while in the bushes together with his grand parents, unidentified persons kept on calling him that there are plans underway to arrest, detain and kill him systematically.
Cameroon which was once internationally praised as one of the most peaceful countries in the world is now struggling to cope with untold causalities from what many qualify as an unrelenting and insidious conflict.
Recent statistics by civil society organizations reflect the extent of the damage with horrific numbers. The death toll is on a perpetual rise while there are claims that about 200 villages have been burnt down in the two regions, and some 430.000 people remain internally displaced with a majority of English Speaking Cameroonians that have assumed the status of refugees in Nigeria.