Anglophone crisis: More Businessmen go underground for allegedly siding with separatists

BY CYNTHIA AKUM More and more businessmen within the crisis-stricken Anglophone regions of Cameroon have resorted to going underground after surviving arrest and torture from the military for allegedly collaborating with separatists fighters, commonly known as ‘Amba Boys’, who are fighting for the restoration of the independence of the statehood of former British Southern Cameroons, termed Ambazonia. The crisis, which started in 2016 with a strike action by Common Law lawyers and Anglophone teachers against marginalisation has transformed into an arm-conflict with Anglophones from all walks of life, including Southern Cameroon National Council, members, businessmen, nurses, youths and the clergy…