The United Kingdoms of Tikar is not a new creation. It is the re-emergence of a people whose sovereignty was never surrendered, only suppressed. Our story is one of endurance — through colonial manipulation, betrayal by neighbors, and false unions imposed without consent.
Today, new discoveries from history, law, and international agreements reveal what our ancestors already knew: sovereignty belongs to the people, and it was never legally transferred away.
After Germany’s defeat in 1916, the League of Nations, and later the United Nations, placed Southern Cameroons under British trusteeship. A trusteeship is not ownership. It is the temporary administration of a people and territory, with the ultimate goal of preparing them for independence.
This means Britain never had sovereignty over Southern Cameroons. Sovereignty remained with the people. Britain only had administrative authority. At no point did Britain possess the legal power to hand us over to Nigeria, to French Cameroun, or to anyone else.
In July 1961, the so-called Foumban Conference was convened. It has often been presented as the place where Southern Cameroons and French Cameroun negotiated a federal constitution. But history exposes the truth:
The document presented at Foumban was already drafted in Yaoundé before the conference began.
Southern Cameroons leaders were pressured to accept what was essentially a pre-written constitution of French Cameroun.
There was no signed treaty of union deposited at the United Nations, as international law requires.
Foumban was not a negotiation. It was a deception. The terms of federal partnership were never ratified, and without a treaty, there was no lawful union.
Some argue that the union was sealed by an exchange of notes between Britain and French Cameroun. But international law is clear: an exchange of notes can only be binding when signed by sovereign entities with the authority to conclude treaties.
Southern Cameroons was not represented in that exchange. The people — the true sovereigns — never gave consent. Even if Britain and French Cameroun exchanged notes, it could not transfer sovereignty they did not possess.
Germany, France, Britain — every great power deposits treaties at the United Nations. If there was a treaty binding Southern Cameroons to French Cameroun, it would be there. It is not.
The United Nations supervised the plebiscite of February 11, 1961. The people of Southern Cameroons were forced to choose between Nigeria and French Cameroun. The option of full independence — the right guaranteed under trusteeship — was deliberately omitted.
Even so, the vote was for federal partnership, not absorption. The people never voted to dissolve themselves into French Cameroun. They voted for a federation of equals.
In May 1972, President Ahmadou Ahidjo declared a unitary state through a referendum. This was unconstitutional, unilateral, and a breach of the supposed federal agreement. Southern Cameroons was stripped of autonomy and submerged under centralized rule.
In 1984, President Paul Biya renamed the country Republic of Cameroon, erasing even the symbolic union. This act effectively dissolved what remained of the partnership, leaving Southern Cameroons (the Tikar Highlands and their people) free of any legal bond.
The Anglophone awakening of 2016 exposed the truth to a new generation. Teachers, lawyers, and civil leaders rose against assimilation. The regime responded with violence, but instead of breaking the spirit of the people, it revived the consciousness of sovereignty.
The truth is now undeniable:
There was no valid treaty of union.
Trusteeship never gave Britain the right to sell or transfer sovereignty.
The Foumban Conference was a sham.
The exchange of notes was legally void.
The dismantling of federalism and the renaming of the country in 1984 only confirmed that no legal union exists today.
We are not rebelling against Cameroon. We are restoring what was never lawfully lost. The United Kingdoms of Tikar reflects our ancestral identity, our royal institutions, and our cultural sovereignty. It is the true successor to the people who walked out of Enugu in 1953, who built self-government in 1954, and who never signed away their destiny.
The United Kingdoms of Tikar is not born of rebellion. It is born of truth.
Our sovereignty was never ceded. Our treaties were never signed. Our people were never consulted.
History, law, and conscience are on our side.
We do not seek separation from Cameroon. We seek restoration of what was always ours.
The United Kingdoms of Tikar stands as the living proof that sovereignty cannot be erased, only delayed.
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