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commitments, including equality between tribes, equality for women, equal share of the riches of the land, respecting human rights, standing in solidarity with other peoples in a similar situation, and fighting for however long it takes to achieve independence. On April 27, Tabe and the other nine accused
Ambazonian leaders announced that they would start boycotting court sessions, insisting to wait until the Appeal Court of the Centre Region decided on whether or not they should be returned to Nigeria.
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On May 2, a controversial document signed by Ayuk Tabe declared that the Sako-led interim cabinet had been dissolved, and that his own pre-arrest cabinet had been restored. The document expressed appreciation of the job the Sako-led cabinet had done since
February 2018, but stressed that infighting
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On July 30, 2019, Ayuk Tabe and the nine other detained members of the
Interim Government declared that they would go on a hunger strike over the disappearance of convicts at Kondenguin Central Prison and the Buea Central Prison. The hunger strike would last until their lawyers could verify the
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In March 2019, a
Nigerian court found his arrest and deportation illegal, and ordered that he and 68 others be returned to Nigeria and compensated. Following this ruling, Tabe and fellow Ambazonian leaders issued a joint statement titled the "Ambazonia Freedom Protocol", in which they made nine
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In July 2020, Cameroonian officials met with Ayuk Tabe to discuss a ceasefire. Ayuk Tabe listed three conditions; a general amnesty, that the military pull out of the
Anglophone regions, and that President Paul Biya himself announce the ceasefire. Ayuk Tabe also demanded that if prisoners were
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by the Yaoundé Military
Tribunal. Having expected this outcome, the separatists were singing in court while the sentence was pronounced. A week later, a letter signed by Ayuk Tabe stated that the life sentences was not a setback for the separatist cause, but rather a "validation of (their)
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January 2020, newly-arrived prisoners broke into the cells of Ayuk Tabe and the nine other Ambazonian leaders, stealing food and money. Ayuk Tabe and the others accused the prison administration of complicity through inaction, and claimed there was a conspiracy to threaten their lives.
228:, where he and his wife Lilian lived, and his involvement with the Adamawa Peacemakers Initiative. Ayuk Tabe and his wife owned a farm in Eyumodjock that employed 28 people, but they were forced to shut down in September 2017 after Cameroonian soldiers drove away the workers.
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the caretaker cabinet has lost the ability to reconcile our people and, in doing so, has imperiled the identity and mission of the interim government to complete the decolonization of
Southern Cameroons through advancing our collective national
300:. In June, the Ambazonia Restoration Council (a separatist movement dating back to the 1980s) impeached Ayuk Tabe for "treasonous misconduct", and declared that he no longer had a mandate to speak on behalf of the Interim Government. The
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November 2019, pro-separatist sources reported that Sako and his supporters had changed Sako's title from Acting Interim President to President, aiming to permanently replace Ayuk Tabe even if the latter would ever be released.
283:, on the condition that the negotiations would take place outside Cameroon. Three preconditions were made: A ceasefire, the release of everyone who had been arrested, and a general amnesty. These conditions were repeated in May.
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outright, stating that " Paul Biya does not have the power to determine the fate of Ambazonia". He did, however, welcome the release of
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self-determination and claim to a sovereign and free Southern Cameroons". In September 2020, the Court of Appeals upheld the sentence.
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at several conferences worldwide. His involvement in charity includes the establishment of the Ayuk Tabe Foundation in the town of
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Just In-Dr Samuel Ikome Sako Is New Acting Interim President of The âFederal Republic of Ambazoniaâ
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of Cameroon in November 2017 and the deployment of troops in the Anglophone regions.
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Sisiku Julius is married to Lilian Ayuk Tabe, and together they have four children.
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Profile: Meet The Man, Sisiku Julius Ayuktabe, The Ambazonian Revolutionary Leader
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