According to the leak, the plan is simple and sinister: Manipulate parliament to create a Vice Presidency. Install a loyal figurehead as “interim successor.” Conceal Biya’s death while his autopen continues to sign decrees. Slide Ngoh Ngoh into the Vice Presidency, then into the Presidency.
By Ali Dan Ismael, Editor-in-Chief The Independentist
When a regime begins to expose itself from the inside, it is not because truth suddenly grew a conscience — it is because the house is collapsing and the tenants are scrambling for the exits. That is the real meaning behind the explosive revelations now coming from Ben Modo, once a cherished insider of the Biya system, now publicly accusing Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh of plotting a constitutional coup to become the next ruler of La République du Cameroun.
Whether every detail of the story is accurate or embellished, its strategic significance is undeniable: The Yaoundé regime is no longer functioning as a government, It is decomposing in slow motion. And Ambazonia must understand what this moment means — and what it does not.
A Regime Consumed by Its Own Instinct for Survival
According to the leak, the plan is simple and sinister: Manipulate parliament to create a Vice Presidency. Install a loyal figurehead as “interim successor.” Conceal Biya’s death while his autopen continues to sign decrees. Slide Ngoh Ngoh into the Vice Presidency, then into the Presidency.
A nation that must hide the death of its Head of State is not a republic — it is a criminal enterprise.
A system that depends on forged signatures and fabricated decrees is not a democracy — it is a syndicate of fear.
Even more troubling is the alleged mobilization of youth militias within the Ekang-Beti-Bulu elite — a sign that Cameroon’s succession battle may not end in a boardroom, but in the bushes. This is not governance. This is disintegration.
Why Ambazonia Must Not Be Distracted, It is tempting for some to look at this chaos and hope that a change of leadership in Yaoundé might open a door to honest dialogue or a new political era.
But Ambazonia must remain clear:
Biya is not the crisis. The system is the crisis. Colonial occupation did not begin with Biya, and it will not end with him. French assimilation did not begin with Ngoh Ngoh, and it will not end with him. The denial of Ambazonian nationhood is institutional, constitutional, and structural. Succession does not solve a colonial problem. It only rearranges the chairs in a sinking ship.
What This Leak Actually Means for Ambazonia
The collapse inside Yaoundé produces three real advantages for the Ambazonian cause:
- International Diplomacy: It becomes impossible for foreign partners to pretend that Cameroon is a stable, rule-based state. Ambazonia’s diplomatic narrative gains credibility with every internal scandal.
- Moral Legitimacy: If even insiders describe the regime as fraudulent and conspiratorial, Ambazonia’s moral argument for self-determination becomes unshakable.
- Operational Opportunity: A fractured regime puts more resources into internal power struggles and fewer into military occupation — a dynamic Ambazonia must monitor carefully and strategically.
The Responsibility of a People on the Rise
Ambazonia must not rejoice at the instability in Yaoundé. We must not celebrate another people’s decay. But we must recognize what history is placing before us:
A collapsing empire is most fragile when its generals begin to fight each other.
In that moment, two things matter: The clarity of our vision. The strength of our institutions. Ambazonia cannot tie its destiny to the heartbeat of Paul Biya or the ambitions of Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh.
Our struggle is older, deeper, and greater than the quarrels of a collapsing state.
A Closing Message to Ambazonians Everywhere
The events in Yaoundé confirm what we already knew: LRC cannot reform itself. It cannot democratize itself. It cannot negotiate in good faith. It cannot stabilize its own foundations. And a nation that cannot govern itself cannot govern another nation. This is why Ambazonia’s path remains unchanged:
Restoration, not absorption. Self-determination, not succession. Freedom, not illusion. The fall of a dictator does not create a nation. But the rise of a people does. And Ambazonia is rising.
— Ali Dan Ismael Editor-in-Chief,
