By Nformi Sonde Kinsai
Mancho Bibixy Tse, a journalist, who led street protests in 2016 calling on government to repair broken Bamenda roads, has declared that the ongoing road works in the city vindicate those of them who were arrested for raising a finger.
In a press statement issued on March 16, 2026 from the Yaounde Central Prison where he and other Anglophones who were arrested are serving long jail terms, Mancho Bibixy states: “Let the works go on!”
Revealing that since January he has been responding to worries of individuals on road works in Bamenda who reached out to him, Mancho said he is compelled to address the issue publicly so that it could be put to rest.
He recalled in the statement that: “On 21st November 2016, we came out as a people to protest against the sorrowful state of our roads and other acts of marginalisation of the people of Southern Cameroons. Many of us were kidnapped and transported to different areas in French Cameroon where we were locked up, tortured, judged in French language and sentenced to long years of imprisonment. Today, the roads we asked for are being repaired while we are in prison. This has angered most who have reached out to me to express their anger,” Mancho states.
Summarising the worries and proposals from the said individuals, Mancho said some feel that they should be released before the works are done; that the repair works have declared them innocent; that the works should be interrupted, delayed or hampered in anyway; that others are benefiting from their pain as well as some people think that he supports the works because he has been compromised.
The author of the “coffin revolution” told the people that when they opted to fight for them, it was from their hearts. “We are freedom fighters and we expect no reward. The ‘Coffin Revolution’ as an organisation puts its people first. Let the works go on!” he reiterates.
He adds that: “… the road works have not declared us innocent. We were never guilty of anything. Every single international organisation where French Cameroon belongs has asked for our liberation.
“Some of you think our decision is from a point of weakness or we have been compromised. Our decision is from the hearts of the people, we only lead and millions follow. We think about them in any decision we take,” Mancho emphasizes.
Calling for mutual prayers, Mancho holds that “the harder the battle, the sweeter the victory.”