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South West: Ten fresh desertions from Ambazonia fighters.
The ranks of the Centre for Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) in Buea keep bulging while those of the Ambazonia Defence Forces keep dwindling. Ten new desertions were registered last week from the ambaboys.
The separatist combatants of the Ambazonia doctrine laid down arms in the South West Region and presented themselves to the administration. They claimed to be from the Bakassi fighters’ camp in Ndian Division of the South West Region.
The latest desertions, coming from PM Dion Ngute’s constituency, is an indication that his brothers have begun hearkening to the call he made at the end of the just-ended MND on the fighters to abandon the dangerous path and come to reason.
Governor Bernard Okalia Bilai received the young men at his office in the presence of the South West Attorney General, Mbia Emmanuel, the Director of the Centre for Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) in Buea, Fonju Bernard, the Regional Command staff and a host of observers and pressmen.
The ex-fighters presented themselves, one after another, as coming from their Bakassi Camp in Ndian Division. Speaking to the press, their spokesperson by name Orume Sylvester explained that “We have realized that we were being fooled in a dream that could never come true”.
Governor Okalia Bilai expressed congratulations to the young men and said the administration would protect their safety. The Governor urged them to convince their mates to come out of the bushes, join the centres and be assisted to plan a better future for themselves. The Governor praised them for heeding the call for peace by the Head of State.
The Director of the DDR Centre in Buea explained to the Governor that the men came in a few days ago through Idenau (West Coast) near Limbe and had been duly identified by the Gendarmerie before being brought to their Buea Centre.