“It must be emphasized that the federal Republic of Cameroon is a federation of two states with different backgrounds, cultures and traditions; the present arrangement was in fact envisaged as the most ideal solution to reunification … Any exercise, therefore, that is designed to alter this arrangement … will clearly alter the basis on which the entire federation rests and will throw our present system of government into complete disarray … It is equally clear that since ours is a democratic republic a matter of far-reaching significance and consequences cannot be conceived and executed in secret without the full knowledge and concurrence of the people of West Cameroon through their accredited representatives, to wit, the West Cameroon Government.”
West Cameroon’s Prime Minister at that time, Bobe Augustine Ngom Njua reacted to President Ahidjo”s attempt to #assimilate former #BristishSouthenCameroons, Oct 1966.