BY SIMON NDIVE KALLA
The population of Limbe has unanimously called for release of Anglophone detainees, asked the government to declare a day of mourning for all those who have been killed in the cause of the crisis, open a support fund for the families of victims of the crisis and the creation of ten autonomous regions. They also called on the Head of State to personally initiate dialogue with the populations of North West and South West regions.
They made these demands and more during consultative talks with elites sent by the president of the republic on a peace and dialogue mission to the North West and South West regions.
In Limbe I where the Government delegate to the Limbe City Council, Motanga Andrew Monjimba chaired the meeting alongside Fako East MP, Hon. Etombi Gladys and Mayor Ro-Danny Mbua of Limbe I, the population made up of representatives of social and traditional groups engaged in a civil and frank discussion with the elite.
Motanga Andrew Monjimba told the population that for over a year, the security of the Nation has been threatened and nobody is happy about it and that’s why the head of State sent them for consultative talks.
Motanga Andrew said the Head of State wants the truth from the grassroots and will not invite UN or AU to resolve the crisis while calling on the population to give peace a chance since dialogue is a continuous process.
Welcoming the elites in Limbe II, Mayor Ducan Molindo said the state is facing a lot of social problems and nobody is happy with the ongoing Anglophone crisis.
He lamented that the state is well informed about the ongoing Anglophone crisis while decrying the fact that Limbe II has a lot of companies but the youths are still unemployed.
The head of the delegation to Limbe II, Senator Matute Daniel said the Head of State instructed them to preach peace and dialogue with the population and listen to the people to so as to prevent bloodshed and to say no to violence, vandalism and ghost town.
According to Barrister Alice Luba, she doesn’t wish for that Cameroon to separate but urged the government to listen to the cry of the Anglophone minority. She added that the peace mission is coming a little too late when a lot of things have happened.
She said the government has not been sincere and some government officials have fanned the flames by referring to the Anglophones as “dogs”. “The dogs are ready to bite very hard”, she added.
Meanwhile Rev. Daniel Igelle Parish pastor of PCC Batoke said the peace dialogue was frank and it’s left for the Biya regime to either listen to the voice of the Anglophones or continue ignoring the problems.
The Limbe II populace demand that government demilitarize the North West and South West Region, reinstate internet, rehabilitation the Tiko airport and construct the Limbe deep seaport. They equally called for a federal state of government that will bring administration closer to the people.
Chiefs in Fako Division joined their voices to the call for immediate construction of Limbe deep seaport, Chantier Naval and cement factory in Limbe, abandoned projects which had hitherto been earmarked for Limbe.
They equally called for the institution of English language as an official language at the Mutengene police college and other institution in Fako Division.