Cameroonian Forces Torturing Ambazonian Citizens

Reports have surfaced with evidence that the Cameroonian armed forces have been detaining and torturing Ambazonian forces.

One former prisoner has described spending five months in ‘The Bunker’, situated under the Secrétariat d'Etat à la Défense (SED) in Yaoundé.  Whilst there he was often lying on a wet floor and undergoing torture daily, he was denied access to his family and a lawyer.

According to the source at least 75 people were tortured in the basement whilst he was there, some of whom were arrested in Nigeria after claiming asylum and then underwent forced repatriation.

There are reports of others being similarly seized in Nigeria such as Sisiku Ayuk Julius Tabe, the self-styled "interim president" of Ambazonia, and his supporters. Tabe also spent some time at the SED, but his high-profile spared him from torture.

The source explained;

“They were hitting us with guns, telling us where we're going, [that] they're going to kill us. Some of them promised they would throw us out of the plane,"

“Different guys, they had different torture techniques," says Diamond. "They would put you and tie your hands behind. Put the mask on your face, pour water [and] when you're about suffocating, they stop and ask you questions."