War Ambazonia: Ten Secessionists Arrested in Nigeria

They are alleged to have carried out clandestine actions against the Cameroonian government from Nigeria.

At least 10 people of Cameroonian nationality were arrested at the beginning of March 2018 by security guards. According to Le Jour, which reports this information in its newsstand edition on Tuesday, March 6, 2018, "the news circulates in the North West and South West regions in the form of rumors not yet confirmed by Cameroonian security sources. Even members of the government of the virtual republic of Ambazonia who are accustomed to the big ads are showing a low profile.

"We are not able to say whether there have been arrests or whether some compatriots have surrendered themselves to the Nigerian authorities to seek their protection," said a member of Cameroonian student community based in Calabar.

War Ambazonia: Ten Secessionists Arrested in Nigeria

Contacted by Le Jour, a Nigerian official said Monday, March 5, 2018 that "several individuals of Cameroonian nationality are arrested for carrying out clandestine actions against the Government of Cameroon from our soil." The source said that fighters and political activists of the secessionist movement are among the suspects.

Also according to Le Jour, the secessionists arrested on the southwestern border of Cameroon are being held in the premises of the Department of State Security, in the same place where Ayuk Tabe and his companions were held incommunicado for several days, before finally be extradited to Yaoundé. "For now, there is no indication of the identity of those arrested," says the newspaper.

It is also reported that Abuja has ordered all security operatives to hand over any Cameroonian citizen guilty of destabilizing his neighbor. "It is pursuant to this order that the 10 people in question were arrested, probably on March 1 or 2, 2018. It is hard to say whether these people will in turn be extradited to Cameroon as the wave of arrested secessionists. previously, "says Le Jour.

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