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After being held incommunicado for nearly two years: ‘Taraba 37’ begin appearing at Yaounde Militar

2019-10-22

No: 452

After being held incommunicado for nearly two years: ‘Taraba 37’ begin appearing at Yaounde Military tribunal.

The spotlight has been on only 10 of 47 Anglophones extradited from Nigeria in January 2018 to face charges of terrorism in Cameroon. The Nera 10 group consisting of Sissiku Ayuk Tabe and his Ambazonian Interim Government were since August slammed life jail sentences for which an appeal has been filed. But the fate of 37 others was yet to be determined. In fact, they had been forgotten for dead until Friday 11th October 2019 when they were charged to the Yaounde Military Tribunal.

Referred to as “the Taraba 37” since they were arrested in Taraba State in Nigeria and later handed over to Cameroonian authorities by the Nigerian government on 25th January 2018, they appeared in court alongside three other Anglophones arrested in Cameroon within the context of the ongoing Anglophone crisis.

Charges brought against them which range from terrorism, secession and non possession of identity cards were read out, Mimi Mefo Info reported.

When they (the Taraba 37) left the dreaded SED(Secretariat of State for Defense) detention centre in Cameroon on 4th January 2019 and were taken to the military tribunal ,we are told they were due to appear in court on 6th February 2019, in a session which didn’t hold for reasons unknown.

The three other Anglophones charged alongside “the Taraba 37” are Ambam Louis Ambam and Nuwyo Isaac who were arrested in the South West region and Ivo Njom Agwe arrested in Monté Jouvence in Yaounde.

The Friday court session which was mainly marked by the reading out of charges facing “the 37” and the three others was adjourned to 21st October 2019.

Below is the list of all those who were appeared before the military court on 11 October:

1) Tita Tebid (Congressman)

2) Bame Emmanuel

3) Fon Stanley

4) Katat Ezikiel

5) John Nwah

6) Wirdzenyuy Leonard

7) Yuven Emmanuel

8) Anifaka Kiven

9) Mohamnadou Rabbio

10) Ngoran Emile

11) Ngoran Pius

12) Lukong Abduraman

14) Nsoye Ignatius

15) Kideze Telson

16) Damian Bongben

17) Sekeh Moligan

18) Penue Thierry

19) Voma Romanus

20) Nwanyam Clovis

21) Amahdou Hassan

22) Longtum Wilfred

24) Amos Bintar

25) Frankline Emia

26) Nabsinyuy Christian

27) Bonyuy Joseph

28) Fonyuy Elvis

29) Zachariao Nsavdzenyuy

30) Adonis Martin

31) Ashime Brown

32) Nyuyke Ernest

33) Edwin Dubila

34) Casius Lenzomo

35) Nyente Boris

36) Tukov Divine

37) Sallah Edmond

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After being held incommunicado for nearly two years: ‘Taraba 37’ begin appearing at Yaounde Militar