Cameroon Secessionist Leaders Appear In Court

Seseku Ayuk Tabe

Leaders of the Cameroon's Anglophone secessionist movement have for the first time appeared in court after 10 months in custody.

Dressed in track suits, the 10 leaders led by Seseku Ayuk Tabe, seemed relaxed and healthy.

The appearance at Yaounde's appeals court lasted two hours before the case was adjourned until 15 November.

“It’s been a long battle to bring the accused to court,” said lead defence council John Fru.

Mr Ayuk Tabe and his co-accused were arrested in January in Nigeria and extradited to Cameroon.

They have since been in prison on remand.

Their lawyers are pressing for their case to be dismissed on the grounds that their extradition to Cameroon was illegal, given that many of them had already applied for refugee status.

They were arrested in connection with their calls for the secession of Cameroon’s two English speaking regions to form a new country called Ambazonia.





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