letter to the editor.
Subject; A Response to Atam Millan’s Rantings
At the heart of Atam Millan’s essay lies a contradiction he has never confronted: He demands accountability from others, yet refuses to account for himself. Until that gap is closed, his posture as the guardian of purity collapses under scrutiny.
First Truth: The Nera Arrest Is Still Unanswered
Atam cannot preach leadership virtue while refusing year after year to explain his involvement in the tragic arrest of the Nera leadership. That event changed the course of the struggle. Lives were shattered. Families destroyed. The revolution destabilized and he has never accounted for his role. He owes answers. He owes clarity. He owes responsibility. Leadership begins with answering hard questions, not evading them.
Second Truth: No Financial Sacrifice To The Struggle
How does someone who has never contributed to county draft, never raised funds for communities,
never supported Ground Zero financially, now claim the authority to condemn those who have sacrificed everything? Unity costs resources. He did not contribute. It is unfair, and deeply hypocritical, to attack unity efforts financed by others while standing on financial silence. Leadership requires sacrifice. Not commentary.
Third Truth: No Transparency In SCACUF
He speaks passionately about purity, discipline and clean leadership… Yet SCACUF under him never produced: a financial report, an audit, a ledger, a treasury handover, donor accounting. To this day, Ambazonians do not know: How much was collected, How much was spent, What was funded Who handled the money. Transparency cannot be demanded from others while being withheld from oneself.
Fourth Truth: Selective Morality Is Not Moral Authority
Atam condemns others for: corruption, ego, greed, crime, misconduct yet refuses to examine his errors, his omissions, his failures. Moral authority is earned, never self-proclaimed. Those who demand accountability must themselves be accountable.
Fifth Truth: His Argument Against Unity Is Convenient, Not Principled
When he chaired SCACUF, unity was sacred. Now that he is outside the circle, unity is suddenly toxic. That is not principle. That is convenience. You cannot bless unity only when you are the one seated at the center of it. Liberation does not bend to personal bitterness. The Revolution Is Bigger Than Any One Man’s Wounds This struggle is about the suffering of our people: the villages burnt, the widows crying, the refugees starving, the prisoners forgotten, the genocide unfolding daily. This is not about what failed in twenty seventeen or who hurt whose pride. This is about freedom.
Final Hammer
Atam asked: “Unite to do what?” The answer is simple: To save our people. To stop the bloodshed. To defeat occupation. To win independence. But before condemning unity, he must explain: the Nera tragedy, the SCACUF finances, the absence of contribution, and the silence on accountability. Only then can his voice carry moral weight. Leadership is not memory selection. Leadership is responsibility. And Ambazonia deserves leaders who answer questions —not avoid them.
A former SCACUF Militan (Identity Withheld)
