Justice Ayah Paul Abine released a statement via his Face Book page detailing an arrest attempt made on his person in Yaounde yesterday the 19th of January 2017. The Judge of the Supreme Court of Cameroon is reportedly wanted by the Francophone regime for his pro Anglophone stance and support for the civil disobedience campaign. Contrary to what was announced late yesterday, the Anglophone Judge will appear before a Francophone army colonel today Friday the 20th 2017. Attached to this report is the Justice Ayah Statement:

ARREST ATTEMPT: UNPERTURBED

A worker of the Supreme Court rushed into the office some 90 minutes ago to inform Ayah Paul Abine that some persons were asking to know the location of his residence. The man said he had replied that Ayah was either in a hotel or at Buea… The informant had hardly finished talking when two persons smashed into Ayah’s office. They required Ayah to sign that he had received a summons (“convocation”) to appear before a colonel at the gendarmerie (SED) at once or get arrested…

Ayah told them that, by law, he could only be served through his departmental head. After lengthy exchanges, including telephone calls by the persons in question, it was settled that Ayah would report to the gendarmerie tomorrow, January 20 at 11 AM.

But when the colonel explained that Ayah would have to make a statement, Ayah explained that he would report only by way of courtesy and not to answer to accusation. So it is because, Ayah explained, any investigation about or against him as a serving magistrate must comply with Section 629 of the Criminal Procedure Code…