Ayaba Cho Lucas has taken to social media to make a damning post in which he claims responsibility for the attack on government officials in Ekondo-Titi. The attack left seven dead, including the Divisional Officer and the Mayor.
Ayaba Cho tweeted yesterday that the explosive attack was a joint operation by his forces on the ground.
“In a joint operation, our forces eliminated the colonial Divisional Officer, the colonial Mayor and three others,” he tweeted.
Stating that he has sworn to uphold such a course of action, he added that the attack aimed at ending “colonialism” which he termed a crime against humanity.
Ayaba Cho commands the Ambazonia Defence Forces (ADF). The ADF is one of the separatist militias fighting against the government to create a new country out of the English-speaking regions of Cameroon.
Unlike other separatist leaders, like the incarcerated Sisiku Ayuk Tabe, Ayaba’s strategy for attaining “independence” has been that of war and, in his posts, he has often insisted on using the brute option.
This is one of the rare cases of supposed separatist attacks he is taking responsibility for. He did not admit any responsibility when gunmen, alleged to be separatist fighters, attacked GBHS Ekondo-Titi, where this recent attack happened, and killed four students and a teacher.
Given that they were civilians and, unlike soldiers, were not actively participating in the armed conflict, some rights organizations have condemned the actions. They consider the recent targeting and killing of government officials in the explosive attack to be a war crime.
This is the position of the Centre for Human Rights and Democracy for Africa (CHRDA). It has been monitoring human rights violations in the English-speaking regions of Cameroon.
Ayaba Cho claims responsibility for Wednesday ‘s Ekondo-Titi attack
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