There comes a time when even the most skeptical must see truth for what it is. The recent sentencing of respected Ambazonian activist Abdulkarim Ali to life imprisonment in absentia by a Cameroonian military tribunal is more than just a legal absurdity—it is a window into the soul of a regime determined to annihilate the spirit, the will, and the very existence of the people of the Southern cameroons/Ambazonia.
How do you put a man on trial in absentia while he is already in your custody? How ridiculous does that sound? Yet, that is the legal clown show the Yaoundé regime calls justice. This is no mistake. It is a deliberate perversion of law—a calculated insult to truth, a slap in the face of international norms, and a bold declaration to Ambazonians everywhere: that Cameroon will do what it wants, how it wants, and no one will stop them. If this isn’t the message, then what is it?
Where the world expected gestures of dialogue and goodwill—perhaps a long-overdue release of political detainees and prisoners of conscience after a long-drawn conflict with tens of thousands of deaths and close to a million IDPs—the regime responded with a chilling message: more life sentences, more brutality, and more chains. Instead of peace, it chose persecution. Instead of justice, it wielded vengeance.
The case of Abdukarim should tear the blindfold off the eyes of any doubting Ambazonian. Abdulkarim’s sentence is not just about him. It is a loud and terrifying signal. This is how far La République du Cameroun is willing to go to crush Southern Cameroonians. And if they can twist the law like this in the full glare of international scrutiny, just imagine the depth of wickedness they are willing to descend to if they succeed in conquering Ambazonia.
The Bigger Picture: A Plan to Conquer, Crush, and Rule with an Iron Fist.
What every Ambazonian must see in this moment is not just a miscarriage of justice—but the broader, darker strategy behind it. LRC is not just interested in silencing dissent. They are determined to subdue, colonize, and destroy the very identity of Ambazonia.
Let’s be clear: if Ambazonians lose this war, what they are seeing now will look like a mild rehearsal. The worst is yet to come. If they can throw life sentences at activists now at a time when everyone expects goodwill, imagine what they will do if they fully take control of Ambaland. Our children will not know freedom. Our history will be erased. Our names will be forgotten. And our pain—our endless, collective pain—will become the permanent currency of existence in our homeland.
But there is a bigger picture, a wake-up call. A desperate trumpet in the night.
For those in the diaspora, don’t fool yourselves into thinking you and your families are safe. That you can live in your comfort zones, watch from afar, and that somehow you’ll be spared. Whether or not you support the struggle doesn’t matter to LRC. As long as you carry the ancestry of the Southern Cameroons or what they refer to as Anglophones, as long as your hearts beat for our homeland, you are already a target. LRC’s brutality knows no borders, and their evil vision extends to every Ambazonian everywhere.
You must start to support this war. Now or never. But if you don’t, do not think you and your family will be spared from the collective punishment that awaits if Ambazonia loses. That punishment will be like nothing we’ve seen. What is at stake is nothing short of total survival—of our land, our people, our freedom, and our future.
Yes, the struggle is painful. Yes, it’s life-shattering and costly too. But let’s be honest—it is nothing compared to the devastation that lies ahead if we lose. I hope that this warning never comes to pass, as in the warning of the venerable Dr. E.M.L Endeley when he warned against joining the Cameroon Republic
Let us learn the lesson now, let us avoid another costly mistake while there is still the opportunity—if LRC can sentence Abdulkarim in such a disgraceful and illegal manner, they are sending a message: no law binds them, no conscience restrains them, and no court will save Ambazonians.
Ambazonians must rise. Ambazonia must persevere. Ambazonia must win. One thing is sure – the cost of defeat is far greater than the price of struggle.
Let Abdulkarim’s sentence ignite a fire in every Ambazonian soul. And let us walk together—not in fear, but with unyielding determination—toward the only future that makes sense: a free and independent Ambazonia.
