Ambazonia governing council rocked by corruption &
greed
-Mark Bareta turns 4th conclave of SCACUF governing
council into boxing ring, after charging SCACUF leaders of greed, corruption
and bad faith
-Secretary General of Governing Council resigns in
catimini
By Njodzefe Nestor in Bamenda
Mark Bareta, one of the ‘facebook generals’ of the
Southern Cameroons struggle has picked holes with the governing council of the
Southern Cameroon Ambazonia Consortium Front, SCACUF, accusing some of its
members of “corruption, bad faith and greed”.
This was
ahead of the enlarged 4th conclave of SCACUF governing council, holding in
Nigeria last week, with Ambazonia front-liners including the likes of Lawyer
Fon Gorji Dinka (Father of Ambazonia), Boh Herbert Yungsih (leader of MORISCs),
Cho Ayaba (Commander of Ambazonia Armed Forces), Akwanga Ebenezer (advocate for
Anglophones to take up arms), Chris Anu, Mark Berata, Ambomu live family, Ebini
Noel, Barrister Bobga Harmony amongst others, in attendance.
In a
series of virulent write ups and videos posted in his facebook and twitter
pages before and during the conclave, Mark Bareta expressed fears that the
conclave might not achieve its objectives because according to him it was not
inclusive enough.
“Such a
conclave is supposed to be all-inclusive. This is what we have called for, an
inclusive conclave so that we can chat the way forward……Our people are
expecting far -reaching resolutions from the conclave. It will be important if
things are straight. Unfortunately, we must be ready for any outcome. The
situation is currently bedeviled by politicking, bad faith, corruption and
greed,” Bareta regretted.
“You
cannot make people (including the VC, Tassang) to drive more than 6 hours just
to attend a conclave that has nothing but politicking on its agenda, while
frontline leaders who originally constituted SCACUF are in the dark and
shattered,” Bareta observed.
Insisting
that they are meeting in Nigeria “to fix and not to spoil things”, Bareta
promised he will not hesitate to turn the conclave into a boxing ring if things
don’t turn out right.
“We castigated Agbor Balla for his position on
the struggle, yet we have become so comfortable that we fear to call our own to
order. No one is above the struggle. The struggle must not build monsters. That
is not the Southern Cameroons we want to see and we must not be afraid to speak
up when it is necessary. We speak up because we love Amba and want to see it
succeed,” Bareta charged on his facebook page.
We
learned that Bareta’s could not hold back his venom after an independent audit
committee, during a pre-conclave meeting, submitted a 22-page report which indicated
that the SG of the SCACUF Governing Council, Milan Atam, had misappropriated
Ambazonia funds.
It
emerged that Mark Bareta who did not take the findings of the audit lightly,
ordered that the SG so inculpated be fired with immediate effect.
Unconfirmed
reports even have it that unable to contain his anger and disappointment,
Bareta pounced on the SCACUF SG, wrestling him to the ground and insisting that
he must be named and shamed to the Ambazonian public.
For his
part, Milan Atam did not take Bareta’s ranting kindly. He stood up and
delivered what many considered as his mea culpa.
“We want
to build a new nation and we must start now with transparency, justice and
service to the people. I strongly suggest that where there is wrongdoing, the
culprit (including myself) should be exposed and our people should be
informed,” Milan Atam is reported as reacting after the corruption allegation
against him. He called on the SCACUF vice chairman, Tassang Wilfred, to present
a detailed account of all financial transactions engaging the Council this so
that the records can be set straight.
As the
resolutions of the 4th Amba conclave are still awaited, we learnt that Milan
Atam has issued his resignation from the governing council.
It
should be mentioned that the Sesekou Julius Ayuk Tabe-led governing council has
remained mute ever since the botched independence celebration on 1st October
2017. Commentators have interpreted the silence to mean they are yet to come
out of their trauma caused by the unreserved military brutality and maiming
visited on their militants by the army on 1st October.
Yet others have concluded, albeit hastily, that Sesekou
and his guys have run short of new strategies, after the ghost towns and
schools boycott have failed to bring the government to its knees or pushed her
to convene dialogue.
Because
of the evident frustration and confusion within the ranks of the Anglophone
leadership, what was considered a great hope for a dream Ambazonia republic, is
fast becoming an abiding faith, or better still, a forlorn hope. Today, trading
insults, intimidation, backstabbing, witch-hunting, corruption, greed and all
forms of counter-productive activities have become the hallmarks of the
Anglophone struggle and especially its self-proclaimed leaders.
It is
needless to say that this can only be comforting to the government, that claims
it has comprehended the worries of the Anglophones and has already taken some
‘salutary measures’ to address them, while contemplating other measures to
appease the aggrieved populations of NW and SW regions and ensure a speedy and
much-needed return to normalcy.
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