African Commission Apologises To SCAPO

By Peterkins Manyong

The African Commission for Human and People's Rights, ACPHPR, has sent an apology letter to the Southern Cameroons People's Organisation, SCAPO.The letter is signed by Commissioner B.T Nyanduga, ACPR Special Rapporteur on Refugees, Asylum Seekers, Internally Displaced Persons and Migrants in Africa.

The missive was addressed to Harmony Bobga-Mbuton, SCAPO's lawyer, who had written to them, questioning the delay in ruling on the Southern Cameroons case pending at the ACHPR, which recently met in Abuja, Nigeria.

In the letter, the rapporteur acknowledges receipt of the lawyer’s letters and attributes the delay to circumstances beyond the Commission's control.The letter agrees with Bobga's complaint that justice delayed is justice denied. 

“Being a human rights body, we are the first to recognise the gravity of the delays.
The letter attributes the delay to the transition in the Commission and the Secretariat, whereby there were changes regarding the commissioners and legal officials who handled the case.

“Until July 28, the number of legal officers at the Secretariat was very small. There are, however, more legal officials now,” it states.The letter ends with a commitment that the decision on the communications tabled by Dr. Gwang Gumne will soon be considered.

Comments

[mk the southerner]

Thanks Mr Bobga you are a real humanist. God bless you now and for ever.

[red flag]

THE COMMISSION IS ALREADY BOUGHT BY THE FRENCH MEN AND THEIR AFRICAN FREINDS(PAUL BIYA). HOW COME AND AFRICAN COMMISON, JUST LIKE THE OAU. DOESNT HAVE THE MAPS OF COUNTRIES IN AFRICA AT THEIR INDEPENDENCE. TO CROSS CHECK THE MAP OF LA REPUBLIQUE DU CAMEROUN. AND THAT OFSOUTHERN CAMEROONS IN 1961. THE COMMISSION KEEP ASKING LA REPUBLIQUE TO PRODUCE ITS 1961 , WHICH IT WILL NEVER DO.
NOW PAUL BIYA HAVE CHANGE THE STATUS OF
SOUTHERN CAMEROONS, FROM A PROVINCE TO A REGION IN LA REPUBLIQUE DU CAMEROUN, AND AFTER 4 YEARS, THE COMMISSION STILL CANNOT PASS JUDGEMENT,
SCAPO,SCNC, SCYL ARE ONLY WASTING TIME. LET THEM UNITE AND FROM A GUERILLA UNIT TO STRIKE THESE LA REPUBLIQUE GOUNVERNORS AND ADMINISTRATORS IN S CAMEROONS. INCLUDING ALL THE HIGH LEVEL OFFICIALS.. HARD.