| Ambazonian leadership crisis |
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| Date | 2 May 2019 – present |
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| Caused by | Infighting, alleged failures of the Sako-led cabinet |
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| Status | Interim Government divided, with four people claiming to be the President of Ambazonia |
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Cabinet led by Samuel Ikome Sako
Supported by:
Ambazonia Restoration Council
(until February 2022)
Cabinet led by Chris Anu (from September 2022) |
Ambazonia Restoration Council
(from February 2022) |
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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.
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, and later announced that Marianta Njomia had replaced Sako. The Ambazonian movement thus found itself with three people claiming to be president.