Dion Ngute is not alone. From the Northwest, Akere Muna has followed the same path. He speaks of reform but avoids the truth: there is no treaty binding Southern Cameroons to La République du Cameroun.
The Independentist Editorial Desk
August 25, 2025
In 2019, the Sonara oil refinery in Victoria burned down. The government promised to rebuild it. Six years later, nothing has been done. Instead, a new refinery is being developed in Kribi. Reports show that the project manager is none other than Prime Minister Joseph Dion Ngute’s son.
While Ambazonians wait for justice, the environment around Victoria remains poisoned. Experts say it will cost $650 million to clean up the land, water, and coastline. Local doctors are reporting rising cases of cancer. Families live with polluted wells and contaminated soil.
Questions That Must Be Answered as the people deserve clarity.
1)Why is your son project manager of the Kribi refinery while Sonara remains abandoned?
2) Was Sonara ever meant to be rebuilt, or was it sacrificed to strengthen Kribi?
3)Was there a fair and open process to select your son, or is this nepotism?
4)How should Ambazonians trust you when your own household benefits while Victoria suffers?
5) What do you say to the thousands who lost jobs after Sonara’s fire?
6)Were Ambazonian engineers even considered for Kribi?
7) Does this not confirm Ambazonia is treated as a mere “11th province”?
8) Why is Kribi more important than Victoria, where oil has flowed for decades?
9) Can you face the people of Fako and Ndian and explain why their future was traded away?
10)Are you Prime Minister for the nation, or only for your family?
11)Can you assure us this appointment was free of corruption or conflict of interest?
12)Did France influence the decision to move investment away from Sonara?
13) How will you compensate Ambazonian communities that depended on Sonara?
14) How does this promote “national unity” when it deepens division?
15)Did political influence or money secure your son’s role?
16) Was Sonara’s collapse part of a plan to weaken Ambazonia?
17) Who will pay the $650 million needed for environmental cleanup?
18)What is being done about poisoned water and farmland in Victoria?
19) Do you know that cancer cases are rising in Victoria because of Sonara’s waste?
20) Do you accept that history will judge actions, not speeches?
21)As a lawyer, do you admit there is no treaty of union between Southern Cameroons and Cameroun? If not, on what legal basis do you speak of “One Cameroon”?
A Wider Problem
Dion Ngute is not alone. From the Northwest, Akere Muna has followed the same path. He speaks of reform but avoids the truth: there is no treaty binding Southern Cameroons to La République du Cameroun. Both Southwest and Northwest elites have chosen positions in Yaoundé over the people they claim to represent.
Closing
Ambazonians deserve better than broken promises and poisoned lands. They deserve leaders who put the nation before family, health before profit, and truth before lies.
When the history of this struggle is written, names like Dion Ngute and Akere Muna will not be remembered for the titles they held, but for the choices they made — and the people they betrayed.
The Independentist Editorial Desk
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