Addressing a thick crowd in Kumba on Sunday, November 1, 2020, Nambere announced an end to traditional Monday ghost towns that was first observed on January 9, 2017.

“As I talk with you, peace starts tomorrow in Kumba. I will be in town on patrol. We have to, collectively, put an end to the activities of armed separatists. We have to conquer fear and trust in the security provided by the state. We must be able to denounce the gunmen,” Nambere said.

Throughout his time fighting against the state of Cameroon, Nambere said he neither raped nor kidnapped anybody. However, after deep reflection, he saw that the Ambazonia quest is utopian.

“I am not powerful but I only have one fear. That is the fear for God. I fought this fight without having to rape or kidnap for ransom,” he said lifting the Cameroon national flag in reverence. “Anyone who says the national flag will not fly high, who says children should not go to school and that business should remain closed in Kumba is insane. I am neither the mayor nor governor; I am also not a politician. However, I want to tell you that if you are man enough come out this Monday and lock any business place,” Nambere dared the separatists.

He added that: “Nobody born of a woman can stop the road to peace. Without you, the government will not succeed. We have to help the government to ensure a return to peace. I have decided to come to Kumba after news of the horrific killing of seven schoolchildren on Saturday, October 24.  I know a woman who struggled for ten years to get one child and that child was among those killed by the armed separatists. All those boys carrying guns are the enemy. Stop all the terrorism in Cameroon.”

Around noon on Saturday, gunmen attacked Mother Francisca International Bilingual Academy Fiango, Kumba. State authorities say they opened fire on no fewer than 19 students, killed at least six (five girls and a boy), and badly wounded about 13 others – ten girls and three boys.

The students killed include 11-year-old Victory Camibon Ngameni, 12-year-old Anamgim Jenifer, 12-year-old Ngemone Princess, Che Telma Nchangnwi, 9-year-old Zakame Rema, Chema Syndi, and 12-year-old Renny Ngwane who died in hospital a day after the attack.

The Divisional Officer for Kumba I, Ali Anougu, the Senior Divisional Officer for Meme Division, Chamberlain Ntou’ou Ndong, and the Minister of Communication, Emmanuel Rene Sadi blame armed separatists for the attack.

Nambere joined the armed separatist movement in 2017. He decamped in 2019 and was brought back to Cameroon in January 2020 along with others who had taken refuge in Nigeria.

State forces have been battling to dislodge armed separatists who pitched their tents in the North West and South West Regions since the current crisis transformed into an armed conflict in 2017.

Corporate demands by Common Law Lawyers and Anglophone Teachers led to protests in November 2016. The street demonstrations later morphed into ongoing running gun battles between state forces and armed separatist fighters in the predominantly English-speaking regions, leading to untold destruction of human lives, their habitats, and livelihoods.

Tit-for-tat killings have become part of daily lives in some parts of the English-speaking regions.