Ambazonia leader calls for unity, peace among groups
The leader of the Ambazonia Separatist movement, fighting for the independence of the North West and South West regions, Sisiku Julius Ayuktabe, has called on all factions to shun division and work for the common good of their people.
In a New Year message posted on his Facebook page from jail, Sisiku said, “Amid the internal division, sibling-rivalry, confusion, power-tussle, and contradictions, we need to work tirelessly and ceaselessly to build bridges of understanding rather than creating walls of further division and internal conflict. More than ever before, we need unity of purpose. I prayed with us all to work together for peace, for mutual respect, and for an outpouring of love for all of Ambazonia’s children.”
Recently, the Separatist movements have been divided over defense and diplomatic strategy while some groups consider others as inferior, black-legs, spies, and agents. This has led to the creation of four different Interim Governments. Sisiku is the leader of the first Interim Government that was created in 2017 and declared independence on October 1, the same year.
But since his arrest alongside 9 others in Nigeria on January 5, 2018, they have not been able to fully exercise their duties as leaders. The Nera 10, as popularly called, are now at the Kondengui maximum prison serving life jail terms.
But Sisiku has now said, that 2024 is time for reconciliation and progress, “Now, to each member of our fight for freedom, I say: Stay on the covenant path. Whether you are moving along the path or have shipped from it or you can’t see the path from where you are, I plead with you to remain steadfast. Your commitment to doing what is right, by making covenants with our people and then keeping those covenants will open the door to every spiritual blessing available to the people of Ambazonia,” a statement read.
According to Sisiku, staying in jail for close to seven years now is a huge sacrifice but encouraging because “We are fighting to give our children and theirs a nation that they can call their own; something which none of us now can say within LRC.”
