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| Sisiku Ayuk Tabe and nine others |
The leader of Ambazonia, Sisiku Ayuk Tabe and nine others
who were arrested in Nigeria and jailed at the National Gendarmerie, Yaoundé
have been transferred to the Yaoundé Kondengui Maximum Security Prison.
According
to the lead Counsel for the Ambazonia Leaders, Barrister Fru John Nsoh, the
leaders have been effectively transferred even though the State did not
officially notify them.
At the
moment, the Government has not made any official declaration and the matter is
still being treated as top secret.
This
prison facility housed some VIP Anglophone detainees last year in the persons
of Barrister Agbor Balla and Dr Fontem Neba.
This
recent move signifies a protracted struggle in the case of the jailed Ambazonia
leaders since they are now being confined in a facility meant for those
awaiting trial.
It is
now believed that the Government would in the days ahead press charges against
the 10 Ambazonia leaders.
After
losing a Habeas Corpus appeal for their immediate release on November 15,
Lawyers of the detained leaders have promised to exhaust all relevant national
jurisdictions before moving to international instances for their release.
It is
to be noted that Sisiku Ayuk Tabe and nine other leaders of Ambazonia were
arrested on January 5, 2018 at the Nera Hotels in Abuja.
They
were later on transferred to Yaoundé where they were held incommunicado for
several months at the National Gendarmerie.
They
were only seen briefly by the public on November 1, when they appeared before
the Mfoundi Appeals court for a habeas Corpus hearing.
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