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| Evangelist Ngwa Aaron Ndeh |
Anglophone Lawyers are focusing on a wrong direction!! The “interim
leader” of the southern Cameroons revolutionary government, Evangelist Ngwa
Aaron Ndeh has amongst other things said Anglophone Lawyers crusading for the
freedom of the southern Cameroonian people are doing well but focusing in a
wrong direction. He made the observation in an exclusive interview he granted
to Hiltopvoices,while nothing that the problem of southern Cameroons is total
freedom and not any form of federalism with la Republique du Cameroun that the
Anglophone lawyers, chiefs etc are advocating. Below is a full except.
Hiltopvoices: Good day sir and thanks for accepting to talk to Hiltopvoices
Hiltopvoices: Good day sir and thanks for accepting to talk to Hiltopvoices
Evangelist Ngwa Aaron Ndeh: You are welcome. God
bless you and thanks for giving me this opportunity to talk to the southern
Cameroonian people
Hiltopvoices:
you are into evangelism, politics and freedom fighting. How would you want to
be addressed?
Evangelist
Ngwa Aaron Ndeh: I prefer evangelist because
God called me to his service using the word reverend but I personally prefer
evangelist because it is easy and suits my taste.
Hiltopvoices: how will you assess 2015 in the life of the Cameroonian nation?
Evangelist
Ngwa Aaron Ndeh: My expectations of 2015
failed me as it was climaxed in Mr Biya’s end of year’s speech where he
admitted that they did nothing for their nation and that they were to start
doing something from now. I believe that it was not a successful year in La
Republique du Cameroun but on our part, that is southern Cameroon revolutionary council and as
Federal republic of southern Cameroon which came into existence during this
2015,we were able record some successes
Hiltopvoices:
we understand you are into southern Cameroons activism, how far have you gone
with your mission to free the people southern Cameroons now known as North West
and south westerners?
Evangelist
Ngwa Aaron Ndeh: I will say that 2015 made
3years since the creation of Southern Cameroons Revolutionary council which was
created or declared in August 2013 and the documents were registered to the
presidency of La Republique and some were sent to some Ambassadors of foreign
nations in Yaounde .From then, we took off and we have been communicating with
the president through one way communication with no response to our documents.
We have been able to bring a set of impact to our people who now know the truth
about the problem of Southern Cameroons. We have been able to make our people
also understand that the truth shall set us free and by it we stand. Though
with difficulties, we have had public rallies right to the commercial avenue
grand stand-Bamenda, we have also been able to have those who came in from
abroad even questioning us on how we want to go and we kept assessing and
telling them we are for a revolution of the heart and not that of the gun and
we have remain steadfast on our pursuit and believe at as at now. At the end of
2015, we have done much and still to do more.
Hiltopvoices:
what was the height of the struggle in 2015?
Evangelist
Ngwa Aaron Ndeh: The height of the struggle was
the launch/declaration of the restoration of southern Cameroons statehood on
the 20th of may2015.we have had a cassette which we sent copies to
the president of the colonial government of La republique du Cameroon and we
appointed the government and members of the advisory council which is like a
parliament to us. In the restoration speech, we had the prices of patrol
increased though not yet implemented. We also had salaries of civil servants
raised to one U .S dollar per hour and calculated in cash; the basic salary in
southern Cameroon would be 80.000 per month. Somebody might think it’s a joke,
but we meant it. In due course, these things will be implemented and we believe
and hope that the southern Cameroon’s will live well. We have the resources and
why should the people suffer?
Hiltopvoices:
you talked of having formed the restoration and revolutionary government in
2015.how effective is the government as we speak?
Evangelist
Ngwa Aaron Ndeh: Most of the people in the
government believe that they were not consulted. This is true but the fight has
been on a solo base and we know when they will come together. We were to have a
joint cabinet and parliamentary session with them by the end of the year but
unfortunately the oppressive Yaoundé regime frustrated the move by intimidating
some institutions from letting us use their halls. But we hope that it will
hold sooner than later this year. Most members of the revolutionary government are
happy and interested but the fear syndrome in southern Cameroon is something
one will not believe. But it is there and we believe that at this stage where
we are, they will come in when there is total control, freedom and serenity.
Then we will sit and deliberate on issues related to the nation of southern
Cameroon’s.
Hiltopvoices:
how is the relationship between the nation of southern Cameroon and the
international community?
Evangelist
Ngwa Aaron Ndeh: The international community
and our government still has a lot of work to do because at the moment, we do
not have people supporting us but they are there especially those member
nations that voted for our independence in 1961.Because of the simple fact that
la Republic is there standing ahead of us, they will not quickly come in where
as according to the decision of the UNO, they were supposed to help us go
through our independence. They have not been able to do that, so the relationship
is not quite solid but we know with time, they will come in to support us.
Hiltopvoices:
have you had any support or response from the international community?
Evangelist
Ngwa Aaron Ndeh: We have not had any support or
anything from the international community other than that our fight has been
purely internal and to let Mr Biya’s government know that we have the right of
independence especially based on his law no 80/ 01 of 2 January 1984 which call
for a return to la republic do Cameroon and amputating us as two states under
his government.
Hiltopvoices:
Anglophone lawyers, southwest chiefs and chief Mukete are all talking of a
return to federalism and not independence of the former south west Cameroon.
What is your take on it?
Evangelist
Ngwa Aaron Ndeh: All is waste of time. I want
us to see one thing, that Mr Biya is silent over anything that is written to him.
When john Nguh Foncha resigned from the government as Vice president of this nation,
it was because for 3 years he sought audience to meet with his own president of
whom he was his vice and he never could succeed .This was aimed at discussing
issues patterning to the state and things that were not going on correctly. If
today we are writing, international courts and human right courts have taken decisions
and Mr Biya is against it what do you expect. Any constitutional reforms will
not be effective, rather we will be imprisoning our children because in some 50
yrs. to come, the problems we have now shall be more. I am accusing the
government of la republic du Cameroon for actually side-lining anything that
requires dialogue .In good management or governance, you can only solve a people’s
problem through dialogue which Biya has evaded throughout. The lawyers are
doing well but they are focusing towards a wrong direction. The chiefs of the
south west wrote to the president of La Republic advocating for his decision to
federalism and I think that the only option for us is to be free and free
indeed.
Hiltopvoices:
Critics argue that southern Cameroon can plunge into war after independence just
like southern Suda. Do you think so?
Evangelist
Ngwa Aaron Ndeh: I do not see that possible. If
you look at the government we have composed, it is made up of all the factions
of the SCNC, groups that do not even belong to the SCNC, member from Biya’s government
and members of the public who are not even involved in the battle. We will make
sure there is no war. Southern Sudan looked forward to be free but failed to
prepare the minds of the people to know its importance and working together.
What we composed is harnessed and can never go into such demise.
Hiltopvoices:
what do you think about the many SCNC factions that are here and there?
Evangelist
Ngwa Aaron Ndeh: The ways forward is that we should be united
in our thinking habit and belong to a powerful group that will liberate us. We
should be one and think together. It’s regrettable these factions leaders all
claim popularity in the fight. We decided that the only way foreword was the
way of Jesus Christ. This Christ like approach will work better. He started
with the 12 apostles, went to seventy two and then thousands.
Hiltopvoices:
you are the president of the interim government of the federal republic of
southern Cameroon. How were you designated?
Evangelist
Ngwa Aaron Ndeh: The revolutionary
council is my base and i was elected by a group of liberation movements meeting in Bamenda in mid
2015.As the leader of the government I will lead by interim and in two years we should be able
to hand over to an effective democratically elected government of Southern
Cameroon
Hiltopvoices:
what should southern Cameroonians expect from your government this 2016?
Evangelist
Ngwa Aaron Ndeh: From my last address during the public rally
no 2 of November 2015, I captioned it “truthful, faithful
and democratic and prosperous nation and I believe that these words were
inspired in me by god. When it happens, the youth shall have jobs, retirees shall
have their pensions increased, women and buyam sellams will live well with
money floating without difficulty.
Hiltopvoices:
Any last words?
Evangelist
Ngwa Aaron Ndeh: We
should remain hopeful and prayerful in all churches to see this dream come true
and that by Mr Biyas law no 84/1 of 2 January 1984, we shall be free without
begging for constitutional reforms. Any constitutional reforms will not take us
to any where. It will imprison us the more especially where nobody is ready to
sit with you at table for discussions.
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