Let the world be clear: Ambazonians respect Catholicism. Ambazonians respect all Christians. Ambazonians have fought, suffered, died, and prayed alongside Catholics. The problem is not the Church. The problem is political actors hiding inside the Church to advance agendas that harm the people. Nobody is above accountability. Not in uniform. Not in state office. And not in clerical robes.
By The Independentist Political Desk
There is a coordinated campaign online. A calculated, scripted, foreign-designed operation wrapped in piety, dripping with hypocrisy. And its purpose is simple: to silence Ambazonians by accusing them of attacking the Catholic Church. This is not an accident. This is strategy. What happened in Bamenda shook the table so violently that those who profit from silence are scrambling to repair their broken narrative. Here is the truth they fear.
THE PEOPLE DID NOT ATTACK THE CHURCH
Every video from the Cathedral tells one clear, undeniable story: No priest was harmed. No Mass was attacked. No building was touched. No Christian was targeted. The outrage was directed at a foreign diplomat who walked into a genocide zone, smiled, and praised those murdering the people. That was a political act. The reaction was a political response. Nothing in that confrontation was a war against Catholicism. Anyone claiming otherwise is lying — deliberately.
THE ONLINE FRAMING IS MEANT TO SHAME AMBAZONIANS INTO SILENCE
The pattern is the same every time: A political figure insults the people →the people protest →the regime and its clerical allies scream “religious attack” →and suddenly the victims are expected to apologize for their own pain. It is psychological warfare. The goal is to turn the oppressed into the accused, and to turn the political provocateur into the victim. This trick worked in other countries. They hoped it would work in Ambazonia. It didn’t.
THE CLERICAL HIERARCHY HAS BEEN PLAYING POLITICS FOR YEARS
The loudest voices now preaching “respect the Church” were silent when: clergy blessed state officials during active massacres, bishops echoed regime narratives about “misunderstandings,” Catholic leaders publicly questioned the unity of the Northwest and Southwest, clerical figures attended political ceremonies while villages burned, statements from the pulpit downplayed genocide to appear “balanced.” These are political actions. They used the prestige of the Church to sanitize a regime steeped in brutality. They played politics in cassocks — and now they want protection under the name of Christ. No.You do not preach neutrality after kneeling before power.
THE DIVISION THEY SCARE YOU WITH IS THE DIVISION THEY BENEFIT FROM
The idea that Ambazonians are “turning against the Catholic Church” is a lie manufactured for one purpose: to fracture unity. Those pushing it want Catholics to fear the struggle, Protestants to mistrust Catholics, and the people to mistrust each other. It is the oldest trick in colonial playbooks: Turn faith into a weapon. Turn unity into suspicion. Turn protest into sacrilege. Ambazonians must not allow themselves to be used as pawns in someone else’s psychological operation.
RELIGION IS BEING WEAPONIZED — BUT NOT BY THE PEOPLE
Since the Cathedral confrontation, online spaces have been flooded with coordinated messages: “Ambazonians attacked the Church!” “Ambazonians hate Catholics!” “Ambazonians are extremists!” These messages did not come from worshippers.
They came from political operatives, regime supporters, clerical power brokers, and foreign networks that fear moral awakening. The aim is to delegitimize the people’s voice by branding them as enemies of God.This is not faith. This is propaganda.
THE CALL FOR ‘UNITY’ IS A DEMAND FOR OBEDIENCE
You will notice something striking: Those asking Ambazonians to “unify” never ask: the Nuncio to retract his words, the Archbishop to apologize, Rome to acknowledge the genocide, the Church hierarchy to stop aligning with the regime. Unity, in their dictionary, means Ambazonians must shut up while clerical actors do whatever they want. That is not unity. That is submission.
THE PEOPLE HAVE A RIGHT TO SPEAK — EVEN IN SACRED SPACES
When a diplomat uses a sanctuary to insult a grieving nation, the sanctuary becomes a stage for truth. There is no rule — celestial or earthly — that forbids a wounded people from expressing their pain when their dignity is publicly trampled. The Church belongs to God. But the conscience of the people belongs to no man. Sacred spaces protect truth; they do not silence it.
THE REAL ISSUE IS NOT RELIGION — IT IS COLLUSION
Let the world be clear: Ambazonians respect Catholicism. Ambazonians respect all Christians. Ambazonians have fought, suffered, died, and prayed alongside Catholics. The problem is not the Church. The problem is political actors hiding inside the Church to advance agendas that harm the people. Nobody is above accountability. Not in uniform. Not in state office. And not in clerical robes.
THIS CRISIS DID NOT WEAKEN AMBAZONIA — IT AWAKENED IT
For the first time in years, the people spoke back — boldly, directly, fearlessly. The incident in Bamenda did not expose Ambazonia. It exposed those who thought they could speak for God while serving power. A new line has been drawn: Faith is sacred. People are sacred. Truth is sacred. But complicity is not. And no amount of online manipulation, moral blackmail, or religious guilt will ever again silence a people who have found their voice.
The Independentist Political desk
