In a video posted on social media on January 17, 2018, the leader of the Anglophone Civil Society Consortium, Mr. Agbor Balla, recalls the events that have furnished the social crisis that paralyzes activities in the North-West and South-West regions. Where is.
"It is exactly one year since the Anglophone Civil Society Consortium was banned, its leaders arrested and the Internet suspended in the North West and South West. Among the leaders arrested was the Bâtonnier Agbor Nkongor Balla who was leader of the Consortium and his secretary general Dr. Fontem Neba, "said the lawyer, adding that several English-speaking activists were forced to flee the country.
He notes that after their arrest, they were taken to prisons in Yaoundé where they were accused of terrorism, rebellion and incitement to civil war. " Our people have risen up to fight against the kidnapping of their leaders, to fight for the restoration of our lost culture, for the restoration of our tradition, " says Agbor Balla.
The lawyer notes that the mood movement of the lawyers who triggered the Anglophone crisis was intended to defend the restoration of Common Law, to fight against the marginalization of Anglophones by Francophones and to defend the Anglo-Saxon educational system. " But the government has responded with repression and several people from Southern Cameroons have been arrested, " he regrets.
Agbor Balla asked the government to sit down with the English-speaking leaders and talk to them. " We need a dialogue where he will not have a taboo subject. A dialogue is needed where the structure of the state will be defined .
He urges the Government to grant amnesty to exiles who wish to return to the country. He would like to see a climate of trust between the English and the Government created for refugees to return to the fold.
On January 17, 2017, Agbor Balla and several English-speaking leaders were arrested after launching the dead city in the North West and South West regions. He was released on August 30, 2017 by presidential pardon.
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