Ayaba Cho, Boh Herbert, Christopher Fobeneh Anu, John Mbah Akuroh, Ebenezer Akwanga, and Sisiku Ayuk Tabe: history will judge you not by how loudly you spoke or how many followed your camp, but by whether you placed the struggle above yourself.
By Timothy Enongene, in Tombel, Kupe Muanenguba
The history of liberation struggles teaches us one unchanging lesson: the enemy’s greatest weapon is not always the gun, but the division within. Today, Ambazonia stands at such a crossroads.
When President Samuel Ikome Sako secured the Swiss Talks, it was a breakthrough for our cause. For the first time, an internationally credible mediation framework was on the table. But instead of embracing this opportunity, too many leaders opposed it—not because the talks were flawed, but because they were not in control.
The same happened when President Sako created the Ambazonian Coalition Team (ACT) to unite voices across the struggle. Instead of strengthening it, some chose to tear it down. The result? Exactly what our enemies desired: another fractured front, another setback for our people.
The Familiar Script of Disunity
We have seen this pattern before. In Yaoundé, Paul Biya’s regime survives not by strength, but because the opposition destroys itself. Each election cycle, opposition parties refuse to form a coalition. They scatter into factions, and the regime endures effortlessly.
Ambazonia risks repeating this same tragic script. Instead of acting as statesmen, too many of our leaders have behaved like rivals in a marketplace—measuring success not by the progress of the nation, but by personal control. This is more than ego; it is enemy infiltration by another name.
The Price of Leadership Rivalry
Every time we dismantle what another builds, La République du Cameroun gains ground.
Every time leaders quarrel over authority, freedom is delayed.
Every refusal to support a common platform is a betrayal of those who lie in mass graves, nameless but not forgotten.
Our people continue to pay the price for these rivalries. Villages burn, refugees suffer, and yet the international community hesitates—not because they do not see our pain, but because they doubt our seriousness. They ask: If Ambazonia’s leaders cannot even unite among themselves, how can they govern a nation?
This doubt is dangerous. It weakens the legitimacy of our cause and risks turning potential allies away.
Lessons We Must Learn
The path forward demands humility and discipline:
Unity over Ego. Our people did not sacrifice for personal empires. Ambazonia must come before self.
Strengthen, Don’t Destroy. If the Swiss Talks had flaws, they should have been improved—not abandoned. If ACT was imperfect, it should have been reformed—not dismantled.
Coalition Is Power. Nations are not liberated by factions. Even rivals can and must find a minimum consensus. Without unity, Ambazonia risks permanent stagnation.
The lesson is not difficult, but it requires courage—the courage to put the nation before ambition.
A Call to Conscience
This is not written to condemn, but to appeal. Messrs. Ayaba Cho, Boh Herbert, Christopher Fobeneh Anu, John Mbah Akuroh, Ebenezer Akwanga, and Sisiku Ayuk Tabe: history will judge you not by how loudly you spoke or how many followed your camp, but by whether you placed the struggle above yourself.
Our martyrs demand more of us. Their blood does not cry out for more factions, more quarrels, more betrayals. It cries for a leadership that can stand as one, so that Ambazonia may stand free.
We face a choice. Either rise above pride and be remembered as patriots who gave Ambazonia the gift of unity—or remain divided and be remembered as those who delayed freedom when it was within reach.
The people are weary. The martyrs are watching. The world is taking note.
Unity is not optional. It is our lifeline.
Timothy Enongene
Tombel, Kupe Muanenguba County, Atlantic Zone, Ambazonia
