Rayburn Building Declaration: Of the Southern Cameroons National Council of North America

The Southern Cameroon is the only nation in modem times that has been denied independence. The British, as the Administering authority, was requested by the United Nations by the General Assembly resolution 1608 to prepare the Southern Cameroon for independence. The Plebiscite of February 11th 1961 was the consultative procedure to sample the opinion poll of the population on the options chosen, which options in themselves could not be decisive on the issue of independence. The preparation of countries that had to attain independence status consisted of a written Constitution, Army, Police force, the Navy, the Air force, National Anthem and the color of the flag state. In other words, the preparatory arrangement must necessary include a structural governance, strategic territorial security and symbolic independence. The lame excuse that the British gave for their failure to provide for these things was that they were rather busy with the more important matters in Asia and the Middle East. The Southern Cameroon was therefore abandoned to her own devices unarmed and unprepared for independence. In fact the instructions left behind by the Commissioner showed that he left licenses to buy weapons with the estate managers and their families in self defense and non for the government of Southern Cameroon Civil Servants expatriate and the estate managers that were left behind were warned that, if they could not stand the anticipated wrath, to leave the territory from Tiko Airport and Sea Port, Mamfe Airport and River port or take any available exit to Nigeria. Even the Nigeria mail running in the Southern Cameroon was told to leave the territory. As a result, the government that was leftbehind, was naked and unprotected. On the demise of the British, 30th of September 1961, President Ahidjo assumed full power at the Tiko Airport with his militia flanged on both sides, comprising the army, presidential guards, gendarmes, police force, navy and air force with tMbu, Justice Aloysius is the author of 'Rayburn Building Declaration: Of the Southern Cameroons National Council of North America' with ISBN 9781418482244 and ISBN 1418482242.