Mr. Quetong Anderson the SDO Ngoketunjia
By: The Independentist news Investigative Team
Ngoketunjia, Southern Cameroons | June 2025 In what has become a chilling reflection of the depths to which La République du Cameroun’s colonial machinery has sunk in its war against the people of Southern Cameroons (Ambazonia), two infants and their parents were recently arrested in Ngoketunjia County by Mr. Anderson Quetong, the colonial Senior Divisional Officer (SDO) of the area. The alleged reason? Retaliation for the capture of a government soldier by local resistance forces.
Eyewitnesses and human rights observers in the county describe the incident as “barbaric,” “vindictive,” and “beyond comprehension.” A military convoy, acting on the orders of the colonial SDO, stormed the family’s residence in the early hours, dragging both parents and their two babies into custody—without charge, warrant, or justification.
The youngest victim is said to be barely eight months old.
“This is no longer a conflict,” said one local traditional elder, requesting anonymity for fear of reprisal. “This is war against children, against families, against the very soul of our people.”
The Colonial Administrator from Ngoketunjia
What makes this incident even more disturbing is the identity of the perpetrator. Mr. Anderson Quetong is not a stranger to the region. He hails from Ngoketunjia himself—a son of the soil—yet he now wears the uniform of colonial oppression, executing orders that brutalize his own people.
Quetong’s rise through the administrative ranks of La République du Cameroun appears to have come at a high moral cost. Critics accuse him of engaging in egregious abuses to prove loyalty to the regime in Yaoundé, hoping for promotion to the post of Governor before retirement. At 63, he is long overdue for mandatory civil service retirement, but instead of stepping down, he has doubled down—on tyranny.
“Quetong has become a symbol of betrayal,” said Dr. Margaret Ngum, a leading women’s rights advocate from Bamenda. “It is witchcraft, truly, for a man to take pleasure in erasing whole families in his own village just to rise in a corrupt system.”
State Terror Disguised as Administration
The arrest of babies is not an isolated act—it is part of a broader, well-documented campaign of collective punishment waged by LRC forces in Ambazonia. Thousands have been killed since 2017. Entire villages have been razed. Mass graves have been discovered. Women have been raped and mutilated. Schools and churches burned. Journalists silenced. And now—babies imprisoned.
This latest episode confirms what international observers and humanitarian organizations have been warning for years: the Cameroon government’s war in Southern Cameroons has morphed into a genocide.
Yet, international response remains tepid. UN statements have been cautious. African Union leaders have looked the other way. France, Cameroon’s colonial sponsor, has offered military aid and diplomatic cover. Where, then, is justice?
A Call to the Global Conscience
The Government of Ambazonia in Exile has issued an urgent plea to the United Nations, calling for the immediate release of the family and demanding that Mr. Quetong be investigated for crimes against humanity. Advocacy groups are preparing to escalate the case to the International Criminal Court (ICC), citing the use of children as leverage in war as a violation of the Rome Statute.
The family’s condition remains unknown at the time of writing. No legal representation has been allowed. No statement has been issued by the SDO’s office. Silence, once again, is being used as a weapon.
But if history has any lesson, it is that silence can also be broken.
“When a regime arrests babies as bargaining chips, it loses every claim to legitimacy,” said Dr. Martin Mungwa, Secretary of State for Communication in the Ambazonian Government. “Mr. Quetong has disgraced not just his office, but the very idea of human governance.”
The world must not look away.
The Independentist news Investigative Team
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