BRITISH SOUTHERN CAMEROONS MISSION

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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Press Release

Contacts: JJ Asongu
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SOUTHERN CAMEROONS WINS LANDMARK VICTORY

AT NIGERIAN COURT LEADING TO INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION

Federal High Court in Abuja Orders Nigeria to Present Southern Cameroons Case for
Independence & Sovereignty at the International Court of Justice & United Nations

Washington, DC; April 16, 2002: The British Southern Cameroons Provisional
Administration (BSCPA), the ruling authority in the Southern Cameroons, today
announced that it has won a major victory at the Federal High Court in Abuja, Nigeria,
which will pave the way for the international recognition of Southern Cameroons as
sovereign nation.

“The Abuja ruling marks a hopeful beginning for the people of Southern Cameroons, and
we call on all democratic and peace-loving nations to support our peaceful quest for
complete independence and sovereignty,” said Dr. Martin N. Luma, Chancellor of the
BSCPA and Chair of the SCNC. “We are delighted that the government of Nigeria will
now place our case before the International Court of Justice and the UN General
Assembly, and ensure diligent prosecution to the conclusion the claim of the peoples of
Southern Cameroons to self-determination and our declaration of independence.”

The recent victory in Nigeria was as a result of a lawsuit against the Nigerian government
filed by the Southern Cameroons Peoples Organization (SCAPO). SCAPO was created
by the BSCPA, specifically for the purpose of pursuing legal avenues for addressing the
Southern Cameroons problem of annexation.

“Another important dimension of the ruling is that it places a perpetual injunction

restraining the Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria from treating treating the
Southern Cameroons and all the peoples of the territory as an integral part of La
Republique du Cameroun,” said Mr. Augustine F. Ndangam, Vice Chair and Spokesman
of SCAPO. “We are grateful to Chief Justice Mrs. R.N. Ukeje and our lawyers for
bringing justice to the peoples of Southern Cameroons, who have suffered for 40 years as
an annexed territory under La Republique du Cameroun.”

About the Southern Cameroons

The Southern Cameroons is the former UN Trust Territory under British Administration.
The country is the only UN Trust Territory still under colonial rule. On December 30,
1999, the country declared her independence from La Republique du Cameroun, and is
currently working to establish effective control over her territories. The ruling authority
in the Southern Cameroons is the Provisional Administration, created in Washington, DC
on June 17, 2001, from a coalition of liberation movements within and outside the
country. For more information on the Southern Cameroons, visit us online at
www.southerncameroons.org.