Anglophone uprising:

Gov’t Plans Arrest of Diasporans inciting Violence in Cameroon

Mark Bareta & Tapang Ivo

The Minister of Territorial administration has said that all Cameroonians in the diaspora who are suspected of inciting and/or sponsoring acts of violence and terrorism in Cameroon under the guise of fighting for the independence of Southern Cameroons (Ambazonia) will be arrested and brought home to answer for their charges.

            Paul Atanga Nji was speaking on Saturday 4 August 2018 during an audience he granted some seven Fako chiefs who were recently freed from captivity, after they were kidnapped by Ambazonia fighters in Buea.

            Though Minister Atanga Nji did not mention the names of those to be arrested, he however said the persons concerned have been identified and are already being monitored and shadowed for eventual arrest.

            The minister said the terrorism apologists will be arrested in the same way the leader of the Ambazonia Interim Government, Sesekou Ayuk Tabe and 46 others were arrested in Nigeria and airlifted to Cameroon.

           

Chris Anu

As soon as the minister made the disclosure, commentators in the hall wasted no time to start drawing a shortlist of potential persons to be arrested. Names like Cho Ayaba, Chris Anu, Boh Herbert, Mark Bareta, Nchong Elvis Eno, Eric Tataw Teno, Ebini Christmas Atem, John Mbah Akuroh etc featured in most of the shortlists.

            While a good number of the suspected instigators and sponsors of terrorist acts in Anglophone Cameroon are said to be concentrated in the USA and Britain others are said to be scattered in Nigeria, France, Belgium, South Africa and Canada.

           

Nchong Elvis Eno

Cho Ayaba, the self-proclaimed commander of the Ambazonia defence forces ADF, for example, is said to be hiding in Norway, while Ebenezer Akwanga, who is also advocating armed struggle against the government in Yaounde, is said to be in the USA. Cho and Akwanga are said to be mobilizing funds and buying arms that supply to the Ambazonia fighters to perpetrate terror in Southern Cameroons.

            Another person targeted for arrest is Tapang Ivo who is said to be resident in the USA. Tapang is noted for his incendiary postings on social media.  He and Mark Bareta are said to be the brains behind the escalation of violence in NW and SW. They are also the instigators of the ghost towns that have crippled business activities and social life in the two English speaking regions.

            For his part, Nchong Elvis Eno who is said to be shuttling between Belgium and France is said to be a diehard activist of the outlawed SCNC. Nchong Elvis has been arrested and released several times in connection to his activities in the SCNC. He was arrested in October 2011 in Tiko and also in January 2017 in Mamfe. He actively participated in the violent and destructive riots in 2016 and 2017. Noted in Mamfe for his leading role in the separatist struggle, Nchong reportedly fled the country in 2017 when government banned the SCNC and the Anglophone Consortium and launched a crackdown on Anglophone separatist leaders and activists.

            Another emerging leader of the Anglophone struggle who is now playing a leading role in inciting violence is Eric Tataw Teno. Eric published the National Telegraph newspaper in Cameroon, but later left the country to the USA when security sources said he was linked with the Southern Cameroon struggle and had been earmarked for arrest. Like his brother from Manyu, Mark Bareta and Nchong Elvis, Eric is very active on social media. He incites ghost towns and violence in the country.