Leading Up To October 1
A Press Release from the Southern Cameroons National Council (SCNC) office signed by its Chairman, Chief Ette Otun Ayamba, on September 10, 2007 had outlined the detailed programmed of activities from September 24 to 2nd October. Immediately the Release went out, Cameroon’s security forces went into action.
In Mutengene, Mr. Valentine Tuma Sabum (25), son of a frontline SCNC activist, James Sabum, was picked up when the latter was not found in the house. He is reportedly hospitalized following the torture he received in detention.
In Ndop, the sales agent of The Frontier Telegraph newspaper, Mr. Joseph Ndi, was convoked to appear at the S.D.O.’s office on September 28, 2007.
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Thirty copies of The Frontier Telegraph edition that carried Chief Ayamba’s Press Release were all seized. The Publisher, Mr. Martin Yembe, who rushed to Ndop to intervene was himself detained for five hours, questioned and later released on conditions that he refrain from publishing programmes from “an illegal organization.”
On September 30th, four SCNC activists were arrested and detained: Emmanuel Doh Fongu, Stephen Mbah, Andrew Fokum and Isaac Mbanje from Buea, Tiko, Muyuka and Kumba respectively. |
