Tsi Conrad is a Prisoner of Conscience in the
Kondengui central prison Yaoundé Cameroun
Subject; “RECLAIMING SOVEREIGNTY: WHERE THE SOUTHERN CAMEROONS RESTORATION STANDS TODAY.”
By Tsi Conrad
Dear Professor Martin Ayim,
I have read your latest missive, “RECLAIMING SOVEREIGNTY: WHERE THE SOUTHERN CAMEROONS RESTORATION STANDS TODAY.” And with a sense of anguish, I must address the deep chasm between the picture you paint and the agonizing reality on the ground.
You, as Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Council of a “Government of the Southern Cameroons (Ambazonia) in Exile,” speak of “focused activities, progress, and achievements.” You suggest that “lack of information or awareness may be mistakenly interpreted as lack of progress.” Professor Ayim, my ears are open, my mind is critical, and my heart beats in sync with the suffering of our people. The “information” reaching us, here where some of the real battles rage, tells a different, far more painful truth.
Let us be brutally honest, for the lives of our people depend on it. Despite the solid efforts and immense sacrifices of our Ambazonian freedom fighters on the front lines, our independence struggle has not yet captured, let alone consolidated, a single inch of territory. The Ambazonia State Army (ASA), as you call it, is a good fit reflecting the courage of our young men and women in the front lines but they remain vastly outgunned, under resourced, and often too fragmented. To suggest otherwise is not just misinformation, it is a cruel deception that offers false hope while our people continue to be massacred, displaced, and tormented. The “increasing numbers” you speak of are swelling the ranks of the dispossessed, not necessarily a strategically resourced fighting force. There is ample prove of the fall in numbers compared to four years ago.
You speak of “a government,” a “restored House of Assembly,” a “restored Constitution,” and “administrative structures.” With all due respect, Professor, these exist primarily on paper, in the abstract, and in the comfortable confines of exile, far removed from the brutal daily realities in our villages and towns.
From within these prison walls, and from the desperate pleas of our people, what we have witnessed from this “government in exile” has been a consistent pattern of incompetence, spinelessness, and a shocking susceptibility to internal fraud and self serving ambition. Seventy-two (72) ministers for a government in exile (laughs). So much for competence without results.
The very objectives of our struggle, the liberation of our homeland, the protection of our people, the establishment of a truly sovereign Ambazonia have been, to our profound dismay, wickedly abandoned or profoundly derailed by those entrusted with leading us. We hear constantly, not of diplomatic breakthroughs that benefit the common man, but of financial impropriety, lack of transparency, and a deeply unsettling disconnect from the urgent needs of the self defense groups and the suffering masses.
Let us speak plainly about the allegations surrounding Mr. Samuel Ikome Sako’s leadership which you so much applaud and support. The widespread accusations of fraud, embezzlement, corruption, and nepotism are not just rumors. They are plain and painful truths to many who have witnessed their impact firsthand. To see precious resources, meant for the liberation of our people, allegedly siphoned off, while our Amba boys fight with bare hands, empty stomachs, bare foot, and our communities starve, is a betrayal of the highest order. And when those around him, like yourself, Professor Ayim, continue to peddle narratives of success while failing to hold leadership accountable or to deliver tangible progress on the ground, it only deepens the perception of a compromised and incompetent inner circle.
Thank God we left that train long time ago and are now on damage control and rebuilding. You must agree with me that the dwindling numbers and lack of information amongst the activist ranks, donor ranks and the number sympathizers is a consequence of such bad leadership. The damage done was so damning that it has taken us years to start rebuilding from scratch.
That was not the “competent” leadership our struggle demanded, nor is it the integrity that our martyrs died for.
Your article, Professor, reads like a detached academic exercise, a theoretical reassertion of statehood criteria, while our people bleed and burn. It fails to acknowledge the painful, present reality of a disunited diaspora, a struggling resistance, and a leadership that has lost the moral authority to command the trust of its people.
The only “viable framework for negotiation” right now is genuine, transparent, and competent leadership that truly represents the aspirations of Southern Cameroonians, not one steeped in controversy and self interest. “Ministers of nothing” everywhere.
To my beloved Southern Cameroonian brothers and sisters, to all who yearn for Ambazonia. Do not be swayed by pretty words that contradict the harsh realities we face. Our strength lies not in hollow declarations, but in unity forged through genuine accountability, selfless leadership, and strategic action on the ground.
I see hope in the emergence of credible Southern Cameroonians, those who are not afraid to confront the uncomfortable truths, to rebuild from the ground up, and to lead with integrity and proven competence. These are the individuals who are truly walking the talk, who understand that our liberation demands practical, coordinated efforts, not just theoretical pronouncements or endless political maneuvering by “belleticians”
For the sake of our future, for the memory of every life lost, we must demand better. Those who have become obstacles to our liberation, those whose actions have undermined our collective spirit, must be respectfully but firmly kept aside for good. Our struggle is too sacred, our cause too just, to be held hostage by a failed leadership. Let us unite under true, competent, and selfless guidance to finally bring Ambazonia home.
NB – ADVICE – Focus on your inputs and let others do same. Comrade Milan is not your punching bag when you feel as to express your frustrations from exile. Stick to the things that take Ambazonia one step ahead instead of hunting other comrades whose only objective is to contribute their quota to the liberation of Ambazonia.
With an unyielding commitment to our freedom.
Tsi Conrad
A Prisoner of Conscience.
Kondengui central prison Yaoundé Cameroun
