Ebeneza Akwanga, President of the Southern Cameroons Youth League
Delegates from the Southern Cameroons National Council, SCNC, the Southern Cameroon People’s Organisation, SCAPO, and the Southern Cameroons Liberation Movement, SOCALIM, all secessionist movements in Cameroon fighting for the restoration of Southern Cameroons’ statehood, are reported to have left Cameroon for the Federal Republic of Nigeria for a meeting with pro-Biafra activists, The Cameroon Journal has learnt.
The delegation will meet with leaders of major separatist movements in Nigeria, especially the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, to discuss strategies on achieving their goals.
Members of the delegation, we gathered, are yet to make known their position on a possible arms deal with other movements out of the country.
A confidential source noted that reports on different secret meetings the various splinter groups have had in the beginning of this year are expected to be presented before a panel constituting representatives from other international organizations.
Following report presentation at the gathering, there will be deliberations and then resolutions that will have far reaching effects on the lingering fight for liberation in Southern Cameroons and other areas of Nigeria.
It should be noted that former political prisoner, Ebenezer Akwanga speaking in a recent interview granted the London based IBtimes UK Service first hinted of a possible coalition between Southern Cameroons activists and Pro-Biafran movements in South-Eastern Nigeria.
In the message posted online, Akwanga stated that “Political sequences took place which affected our culture, language, traditions, everything that makes us a people.”
Akwanga who is leader of the Southern Cameroons Youth League stated that, “The Southern Cameroons Youth League was born and our goal was simple: We wanted the total and unconditional independence of the Southern Cameroons.”
A coordinator of IPOB in Nigeria’s Anambra state, who spoke to IBtimes UK on condition of anonymity, confirmed pro-Biafrans and people in Southern Cameroons might come together. He said: “IPOB is ready to work or join forces with any group seeking for independence from slavery and persecution. And our people in Southerns Cameroon are not any different.”
David Otto, CEO of UK-based global security provider, TGS Intelligence Consultants, told IBTimes that a union between the two groups is very likely and could further destabilize the region.
