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Ex-fighters steal show at dialogue opening.
Ex-fighters steal show at dialogue opening.
The shot in the arm badly needed by the Major National Dialogue was the presence of about 30 young men and women, who are former “Ambazonia” fighters at the opening last Monday in Yaounde. Participants whipped themselves up into frenzy when the ex-fighters were ushered on stage to present themselves. Then as an icing on the cake, they were the ones who set the ball of the inaugural event rolling with the singing of the national anthem.
Initially not planned on the official programme of the day, one of the ex-militia men, known popularly on the social media as Yannick Kawa Kawa, sent the entire auditorium electric when he took to the podium to speak. First reading from a script with noticeable difficulty, the spokesman of the ex-fighters soon pushed aside the written piece and went loose, making an intriguing explanation of their frustrations and why they decided to take up arms against the state.
Amidst intermittent rounds of applause, Kawa Kawa, who displayed rare courage in front of the entire nation, went ahead to cite some instances of injustices which he said are meted out to citizens of the Anglophone Regions of the country. He however asked for forgiveness from the nation for all the atrocities they have committed. In highlighting the need for peace and serenity to return to the two Regions experiencing the armed conflict, the former “Ambazonia” militant urged all his peers still holding guns to drop them and present themselves at the rehabilitation centres. Kawa Kawa pleaded with government to do more for those who have already surrendered their arms so that their friends who haven’t done so can see the inevitable need to.
Just before the Prime Minister officially opened business one other female fighter was ushered up the state to talk. She made a brief confession on how she operated in the camps of militia fighters before realizing that the much-hyped establishment of the “state of Ambazonia” was nothing but utopian. She said that’s the reason for which she made a volte-face and quit the bushes. She used the platform to plead for forgiveness and urged all those still holding to the guns to kindly get rid of them for the common future of the nation. Twenty of the ex-fighters were from the North West while 10 are from the South West. They were brought to the dialogue under the guidance of coordinators of the centres for Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration in the two Regions.