[governance] Fwd: [cameroon_politics] PAUL AYAH IN A DUNGEON IN YAOUNDE

Sat Jan 28 09:32:15 EST 2017

PAUL AYAH Supreme Court Attorney General IN A DUNGEON IN YAOUNDE

THE AYAH FAMILY DECLARARATION

Herein is a true picture of the ordeal that has plagued the Ayah’s since
Thursday January 19 2017

We, the AYAH Family find it primordial to give a true account of events
that occasioned the unlawful arrest and current false detention of AYAH
Paul ABINE (ADVOCATE GENERAL OF THE SUPREME COURT and NATIONAL CHAIRMAN OF
THE POPULAR ACTION PARTY) at the National Gendarmerie Headquarters,
Yaoundé. Here are the facts and we challenge detractors to prove the
contrary:

On Thursday January 19 2017, 2 unidentified men got to the premises of the
Supreme Court and offered some individual money requesting him to show them
Ayah’s residence. He turned down their offer and immediately reported to
Ayah. While doing so, the said individuals barged into Ayah’s office and
ordered Ayah to sign a summons to appear before a certain colonel at The
National Gendarmerie Headquarters Yaounde (SED) for interrogation, failure
of which he would be taken there by force. Ayah told them that the law
provides that he can only be served through his departmental head. The
individuals resorted to making calls for approximately 90 minutes, asking
what measures to take. As the calls bore no fruit, Ayah is put in contact
with a certain colonel on phone to whom Ayah restates the position of the
law. Following the colonel’s insistence, Ayah agreed to report the
following day for a courtesy visit and not for an interrogation.

The following day, Friday 20 2017, Ayah briefed his lawyers who cautioned
with insistence that Ayah should not condone illegality by reporting at SED
without having been served legally. At 11:20 that day, the said colonel
called Ayah with regard to the interrogation but Ayah reiterated his
previous stance, and requested to be served in accordance with the law. The
colonel then reassured Ayah that he will be legally served on Monday
January 23 2017 as both individuals agree on that appointment. Meanwhile,
reading their intentions well in advance, Ayah briefed some diplomatic
quarters on the dangers that awaited him that same Friday.

On Saturday January 21 2017, 6 unidentified armed men barged into Ayah’s
premises at 5:05pm. Ayah Paul is told by their leader he had to go with
them to a certain personality’s premises immediately and that any manner of
resistance will be met with brutality. The men were asked to present their
warrant and they respond with threats. Ayah Paul tries to find out who they
are and who ordered his arrest but threats only intensified. Ayah’s attempt
to explain to the men the rules that govern arrests of persons was over
ridden by one of the men who gripped him with the intent of pulling him off
his seat but for the intervention of Ayah’s son who told them that Ayah
needed to dress up (Ayah was not dressed up at this moment in time). Ayah
was prevented from making and answering any calls (not even to his
counsel), alongside all who were in his residence at the time. Ayah’s
spouse was denied even her privacy as she was followed into her bedroom by
the said men as she went to change clothes to accompany her husband to
whatever place he was to be taken to. Same applied to others who were
present. Ayah’s questions as to who ordered his arrest, the reasons behind
the arrest, and the charges against him repeatedly fell on deaf ears.

Whereas upon his unlawful arrest he was told that he had to be taken to
meet a certain authority undisclosed to his family, it was while following
them that Ayah’s son was called by his mum informing him that the
destination had changed and that Ayah Paul was now being taken to SED. Upon
arrival at the said destination, Ayah was informed he will be detained
there for an undetermined period of time.

Ayah was then locked up in a small windowless air-tight room cut off from
direct sunlight and in which there is unstable power supply. Ayah Paul
almost gave up the ghost on Sunday night as a result of the extremely harsh
conditions in which he was detained, but for the timely intervention of one
of the men on duty. On Monday morning as Ayah was visited by his family for
breakfast, Ayah’s face was swollen considerably, his blood pressure had
risen to about 185, his sight failing, his demeanor very worrying and his
heart condition disturbing as diagnosed by a military nurse called to
rescue. After extreme pressure from Ayah and his counsel, Ayah was
relocated to a more humane cell. An official medical doctor announced for
later that day has never shown up as we write.

A Cardiologist alongside an ophthalmologist were rushed to Ayah only on
Wednesday January 25 2017 by his family to stabilise Ayah’s worrying health
situation. Surprisingly, the cardiologist contacted by the family was
denied the hospital booklet and report by the military nurse who previously
checked Ayah, preventing appropriate medical follow up by the said
cardiologist. The ophthalmologist equally provided palliatives pending
proper medical examination at their clinics. Ayah’s phone has been
confiscated, he is entitled to no visits but from a list of five persons he
gave who qualify to serve him food. As if the often intimidation of some of
his lawyers isn’t enough, Ayah is even deprived from signing documents that
will enable his orphanages to operate smoothly. These and others which we
reserve to ourselves are the facts that have occurred since Thursday,
January 19 2017, and we challenge the authorities that be to prove the
contrary.
Guided by the above, we hereby conclude:

1. That AYAH Paul ABINE was unlawfully arrested at his residence on
Saturday, January 21 2017 by unidentified men.

2. That the victim is currently falsely imprisoned at the gendarmerie
Headquarters, Yaoundé (SED), due to the gross irregularities occasioning
his unlawful arrest (gross breach of procedure: Absence of warrant; breach
of article 629 of the CPC, etc).

3. That the victim’s health has sharply deteriorated, with him developing
an unusual heart condition and his sight affected, owing to the conditions
of detention.

4. That AYAH Paul ABINE almost gave up the ghost on Sunday night due to the
inhumane conditions surrounding his detention in the unventilated cell and
escalating temperatures therein.

5. That AYAH Paul ABINE has not been formally charged with a crime neither
is he clearly in the know of the reasons surrounding his unlawful arrest,
nor the authority who ordered for his arrest. That no evidence has been
presented to the victim since his arrest which warranted the extraordinary
events that have so far occurred.

6. That the victim doesn’t have free access to some of his lawyers in order
to prepare a possible defense for whatever charge against him, nor to get
information on his health condition.

7. That the victim’s mobile phone has been seized and no manner of
communication is at his disposal.

8. That the victim is even deprived of documents to be signed by him for
the smooth running of his orphanages.

9. That AYAH’s privacy has been violated including that of his entire
household by the men who barged into his residence without a warrant and
even went into bedrooms, depriving even Ayah’s spouse of her privacy.

10. That there is enough evidence to conclude that if the said men met AYAH
alone at his residence on the day of his unlawful arrest, the worst MAY
have occurred.

We therefore demand AYAH Paul ABINE’s immediate and unconditional release.

Done this day, January 27, 2017 by the Family…

ENDALE VALENTINE AYAH (spouse)
And approved of, by the entire AYAH Family

Sent from my iPhone
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