Ambazonian leadership crisis

Ambazonian leadership crisis
Part of the Anglophone Crisis
Date2 May 2019 – present
Caused byInfighting, alleged failures of the Sako-led cabinet
StatusOngoing
  • Interim Government divided, with four people claiming to be the President of Ambazonia
Parties
Cabinet led by Sisiku Julius Ayuk Tabe ("Nera 10")[1]
Supported by:
Ambazonia Governing Council (AGovC)[2]

Cabinet led by Samuel Ikome Sako
Supported by:
Ambazonia Restoration Council[3]
(until February 2022)[4]

Cabinet led by Chris Anu
(from September 2022)[5]
Ambazonia Restoration Council
(from February 2022)[4]
Casualties and losses
Unknown
Unknown
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The Ambazonian leadership crisis is an ongoing internal conflict within the Interim Government of Ambazonia (IG). The crisis started on 2 May 2019, when a document signed by the first president of Ambazonia, Sisiku Julius Ayuk Tabe, acting from detention in Yaoundé, declared the dissolution of the cabinet of interim president Samuel Ikome Sako and the restoration of Ayuk Tabe's cabinet. This effectively led to the existence of two interim governments, with neither recognizing the other.[6]

In February 2022, Sako ordered the suspension of the Restoration Council, the legislative arm of his own Interim Government. The Restoration Council subsequently impeached Sako,[4] and later announced that Marianta Njomia had replaced Sako. The Ambazonian movement thus found itself with three people claiming to be president.[7]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference cnaoct162020 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Cameroon: Separatist hardliners react after impechment of detained Ambazonia leader, Journal du Cameroun, 12 June 2019. Accessed 12 June 2019.
  3. ^ Cameroon: Confusion as detained Ambazonia leader impeached by peers, Journal du Cameroun, 12 June 2019. Accessed 12 June 2019.
  4. ^ a b c "Restoration Council Impeach Ambazonia President Samuel Sako, Amid Suspension". Cameroon News Agency. 3 February 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference voachrisanupresident was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Cameroon: Detained Ambazonia leader dissolves 'Interim Government', Journal du Cameroun, 2 May 2019. Accessed 8 July 2019.
  7. ^ Crise anglophone: une nouvelle présidente à la tête de la république imaginaire d'Ambazonie, Actu Cameroun, 19 March 2022. Accessed 19 March 2022.