By Jackson Wawa Nfor
Blogger@hilltopvoices
The population of Bamenda was October 15th 2015
consternated when one Evangelist Ngwa Aaron Ndeh braved military presence and
successfully organized and presided over a southern Cameroons restoration rally
at the government’s controlled Bamenda grandstand. Unlike most southern
Cameroons’ meetings that are always at the mercy of police and gendarmes from
la Republique du Cameroun, the rally came to many by surprise given that even
military officers in charge of guarding the tribune varnished when Evangelist
Ngwa Aaron Ndeh and a handful of supporters invaded the area to declare total
freedom to the enslaved people of southern Cameroons.
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| Evangelist Ngwa Aaron Ndeh |
Apart from activists, a symbolic presence of the Takumbeng
women added more meaning to the “historic “event. They held peace plants (nkeng),
to tell the world that Southern Cameroonians are taking back their confiscated
independence with peace. These are the same women who came out naked in 1990 to
stand behind the now styled Southern Cameroons’ enemy; Ni John Fru Ndi for the
return of multi-partism in a country they thought was theirs.
Speaking at the rally, Evangelist Ngwa Aaron Ndeh, interim
president of Southern Cameroons declared, “The spirit of the lord is upon me to
bring good tidings to the oppressed, to proclaim liberty to the captives, to
proclaim liberty to the chained, to restore sight to the blind and to declare
liberation to the deaf and the dump”. In one of his points, he revealed that in
April 2013, the UN came out with a definitive document and an ultimatum on the
restoration of Southern Cameroons. Going by the document according to Evangelist
Ngwa Aaron Ndeh, no union took place between southern Cameroons and la Republique
in 1961.”The now purported union between Southern Cameroons and la Republique
is the annexation of the later”, he said while calling on the government of la
republique to stop blocking southern Cameroons independence via intimidation,
torture, exploitation, economic rape, intrigues.
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| Event Participant speaks with Peace Plant |
After bringing to the limelight efforts taken so far by
southern Cameroonians at the local and global level to peacefully redress
issues with la republique ,the man of God cum politician and the just
designated arrowhead of southern Cameroons sent a message of invitation to the
50 member countries of the UN who voted in support of southern Cameroons
independence on April 19th, 1961 at 3:15pm
during the 15th UN General Assembly to come and establish diplomatic
relations with the newly restored West
African nation.
“Southern Cameroonians livings abroad are hereby called upon
to come home and make the nation a heaven for the youths and the entire nation”,
he added while urging home based citizens to be vigilant and to avoid
infiltrators that will try to disrupt our peace.
“Enough is enough. What kind of a country is this? Living
with this “bonjour” people has been a mess. Unemployment is on the rise. Our
children graduate from schools without jobs. We must go our way”. Said one of
the takumbeng’s
It took many by surprise to see activist of a state the
master government of la republique does not want to hear, holding a rally in a
public structure ...”these activists are
never allowed to hold private meetings not to talk of using a government grandstand.
Could this be the beginning of our freedom?” a truck pusher, watching from a
distance said.
“This is the boldest step I have ever seen in the history of
southern Cameroons struggle. This Reverend man is a lion. Some activists only
make noise in hiding but he has come out publicly to the extent of using the
grandstand despite the heavy presence of Biya’s gunmen.” A passerby Said.
Prior to the holding of the rally, military helicopters
floated the airspace of Bamenda, a scenario considered by Evangelist Ngwa Aaron
Ndeh as a mark of intimidation to scare and frighten Southern Cameroonians.
The Bamenda public rally described by many as a turning point
in the struggle is in a series of programmes envisaged to concretize the
statehood of southern Cameroons. Sources say, the statehood of southern
Cameroons was restored in a declaration made public on May 20th,
2015 in Bamenda as la Republique was busy celebrating its national day (the day
la Republique wiped southern Cameroons from the world map). Historians say it
was on May 20th 1972 that la republique du Cameroun dismantled the
state of southern Cameroons through a masquerade referendum reducing it to North
West and South West regions of its territory. The said declaration, stated the
source, was followed by the formation of an executive government, a fifty man
advisory council(with status of parliament) ,diplomatic missions and some
governors to function for two years and organize democratic elections.
Mr.
Alfred Shey Sembe, Chairman of the Southern Cameroons Revolutionary Council (SCRC)
and minister for development and infrastructure according to the ministerial
list, had earlier in reaction told this reporter that the formation of a southern Cameroons
government was long over due.”We have gone pass the age of too much talking
without action. With a government in place, I think the international community
will hear our cry”, he said. In chat with this reporter via social media, Shey
Kaavi Wo Melim, an SCNC activist based in Europe and southern Cameroons
ambassador to Germany, according to Evangelist Aaron’s appointment, the
government is illegitimate. Hear him, “I know nothing of these appointments.
How can you appoint somebody into your government without consulting him? That
government is illegitimate. This reverend man is an island and has no powers to
form a government.” he maintained.
However, talking to this reporter after the restoration
rally, Evangelist Ngwa Aaron Ndeh said the government of la Republique du Cameroun
and the international community are all aware of his activities, reason why his
programmes are peaceful and uninterrupted by the Yaoundé regime. ”There is
nothing to hide. The UN, AU, EU and the Biya’s government have all been
notified and it is now abundantly clear that my government is in charge of Southern
Cameroons. We will continue to push until we completely regain our paradise
that we lost to la Republique du Cameroun in 1961 out of intrigues” he said.
Announcing another rally on November 12th 2015, he called on all and
sundry to join the bandwagon and turn out massively to tell the world that la Republique
du Cameroun is no longer needed on their land.