Southern Cameroonians have been urged to gather evidence of acts of genocide including the names of the perpetrators. In a statement issued recently after a group of senior West Cameroon elites took the Anglophone crisis to the International Criminal Court, veteran journalist Laurence EyongEchaw observed that  “In conformity with our strategy of non-violent resistance, and our conviction that force is not law, and might is not right, we are urging all Southern Cameroonians, to assist us in the gathering of evidence of acts of violence: arbitrary arrests, floggings, rape, intimidation, deprivations of freedoms.”

The former news caster and political commentator who also moonlighted as Shadow Cabinet Minister of Communication for the Social Democratic Front noted that, “The time is coming when individuals in the security forces and the government of La Republique du Cameroun, who are perpetrating these genocidal acts, will be held accountable in their personal names.”

The statement also said “We will resolutely proceed, with sealed warrants of arrests, in the various Western capitals, and proceed to apprehend individuals in the Cameroon government and military, in instances where we have gathered incontrovertible evidence that have ordered or overseen the committal of such acts.”

The Southern Cameroons Diaspora release further pointed out that “We are putting officials of the Cameroun dictatorship and international community on notice that we cannot wait for Rwanda-style genocide to occur in the Southern Cameroons, before we take action after the fact. We are collecting and collating evidence to hold those who act with impunity in the Southern Cameroons, accountable.”

The statement concluded that Southern Cameroonians should remember that there is no statute of limitation regarding crimes against humanity. Southern Cameroonians are therefore advised to channel cases of rapes, extrajudicial killings and abductions  to larryeeyong@gmail.com. Or call 001 240 701 7164

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