February 12, 2010
It has been drawn onto the attention of the Southern Cameroons Peoples'
Organisation (SCAPO) of a Press Release by a certain Mr/Ms ABAKAR AHAMAT, who
claims to be a Senior Administrative Officer in the Bamenda Region, Southern
Cameroons; and who states that SCAPO has registered as a political party in La
Republique du Cameroun on 23 October 2009. SCAPO can say without reservation
that this is totally false; and that we do not know this person [ABAKAR AHAMAT].
SCAPO declared, in 2006, that we are a political party in Southern Cameroons;
and not a party in La Republique du Cameroun. SCAPO has nothing to do with La
Republique du Cameroun inthis critical moment in our history. We must remind the
people of Southern Cameroons, and those of La Republique du Cameroun, as well as
the international community that SCAPO is fully and unchangeably committed to
the sovereignty of Southern Cameroons. This guiding principle and course will
never be altered. Consequently, we are not in line with any individual who wish
to deviate from this course.
The freedom of association is a universal one. As a result, people are free to
associate with any organisation they deem match their political philosophy.
SCAPO is not a political party in La Republique du Cameroun; and we have never
registered as a political party in La Republique du Cameroun. Any purported
registration of SCAPO with La Republique du Cameroun authorities is a gigantic
fraud; and therefore null and void.
We are fully aware that there are genuine Southern Cameroonians who have
political parties in the Republic of Cameroon. We urge them, in good faithe, to
join the struggle for the self-determination and Independence of Southern
Cameroons.
SCAPO believes that a peacefully negotiated settlement for the sovereignty and
independence of Southern Cameroons is the most amicable solution to this
question; and we call on La Republique du Cameroun and President Paul Biya of
that state to use his good offices to comply with Recommendations by the African
Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights requiring that La Republique du Cameroun
engages in Constructive Dialogue with SCAPO, the SCNC and the Southern Cameroons
people.
We will never surrender our sovereignty; as this is a God-given right. We,
therefore, have to be vigilant against false alarms and malicious rumours
conjured up with a deliberate intent and viciously diabolical agenda aimed at
derailing the freedom of a people who have been subjugated for half a century by
La Republique du Cameroun.
God Bless you all.
Dr. Louis Egbe Mbua
SCAPO Delegate, UK and Northern Ireland.
